Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Sleat, parish (Skye)
Grid reference
NG 657 069 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
165700 806900
Latitude
57.09346900752718
Longitude
-5.868203542149213
Nearby places
Teampuill Chaon, Sleat (Skye) (4.59 miles)
Tobar Chaon, Sleat (Skye) (4.73 miles)
St Anthony's Chapel, Glenelg (4.89 miles)
Teampull Chaon, Strath (Skye) (6.22 miles)
Cille Chuimein, eccles., Glenelg (8.28 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for the Old Parish Church of Sleat, Kilmore, now in ruins. The present ruined building probably occupies the site of the medieval kirk. For a history of the kirk here, and a description of an (early medieval?) carved stone, see NMRS.
Relationships with other places
Contains Teampuill Chaon, Sleat (Skye)
Contains Tobar Chaon, Sleat (Skye)
Parish details
Sleat - Skye
Parish TLA
SLT
County
Inverness-shire
Medieval diocese
Isles
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Sleat
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Sleat
Place
Sleat, parish (Skye)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Sleatt 1561, Assumption
Historic formSleatt This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameSleat PlaceSleat, parish (Skye) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 675 Date of citation1561 x 1561 Feature named in sourceparsonage |
Associated person or bodyIona Abbey or Abbot Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
Assumption
Source title
The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices: Scottish Ecclesiastical Rentals at the Reformation
Editors
J. Kirk
Series
Records of Social and Economic History, New Series, 21
Year
1995
Sleat 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSleat This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameSleat PlaceSleat, parish (Skye) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
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