Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Stornoway, parish (Lewis)
Grid reference
NB 425 329 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
142500 932900
Latitude
58.209775463360224
Longitude
-6.384331095927771
Nearby places
St Lennon's Church, Stornoway (Lewis) (0.2 miles)
Bruach Màiri, Stornoway (Lewis) (1.25 miles)
Cnoc Màiri, Stornoway (Lewis) (1.39 miles)
Eye, former parish, Stornoway (Lewis) (3.68 miles)
St Columba's Church, Stornoway (Lewis) (3.68 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Contains Bruach Màiri, Stornoway (Lewis)
Contains Cnoc Barbara, Stornoway (Lewis)
Contains Cnoc Chaitriana, Stornoway (Lewis)
Contains Cnoc Eoin, Stornoway (Lewis)
Contains Cnoc Màiri, Stornoway (Lewis)
Contains Sgeir Phadric, Stornoway (Eye) (Lewis)
Contains St Christopher's Church, Uig (Lewis)
Contains St Columba's Church, Stornoway (Lewis)
Contains St Columba's Church, Stornoway (Lewis)
Contains St Cowstans Chapel, Stornoway (Lewis)
Contains St Lennon's Church, Stornoway (Lewis)
Contains St Michael's Church, Stornoway (Lewis)
Contains Teampull Amhlaigh, Stornoway (Lewis)
Contains Tobar Huisdein, Stornoway (Lewis)
Parish TLA
STY
County
Ross-shire
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Stornoway
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Stornoway
Place
Stornoway, parish (Lewis)
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
Place-name data
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Satellite map:
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Satellite map with labels:
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
