Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Sandwick, parish (Orkney)
Grid reference
HY 234 198 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
323400 101980
Latitude
59.058703032877766
Longitude
-3.335740878212385
Nearby places
St Peter's Church, Sandwick (Orkney) (0 miles)
Harray, former parish, Birsay & Harray (4 miles)
Mary Kirk, eccles. Harray, Birsay & Harray (4 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Stromness (Orkney) (4.33 miles)
St Magnus Well, Birsay (Orkney) (4.89 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for Sandwick St Peter's Kirk (NMRS). According to the minister in 1795, 'The church of Sandwick was rebuilt in 1670, by Andrew Honyman, Bishop of Orkney; and again rebuilt in 1767. It was dedicated to St Peter ...' (OSA xvi, 452).
Relationships with other places
Contains St Peter's Church, Sandwick (Orkney)
Parish TLA
SWK
County
Orkney
Medieval diocese
Orkney
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Sandwick
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Sandwick
Place
Sandwick, parish (Orkney)
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
Sandwik 1560, Assumption
Historic formSandwik This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameSandwick PlaceSandwick, parish (Orkney) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 659 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcekirk |
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
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