Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Tingwall, parish (Shetland)
Grid reference
HU 419 437 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
441900 114370
Latitude
60.17612649867165
Longitude
-1.2447008296320552
Nearby places
St Magnus's Church, Tingwall, Shetland (0.06 miles)
Whiteness, former parish, Tingwall (Shetland) (2.09 miles)
St Ola's Church, Whiteness, Tingwall (Shetland) (2.09 miles)
Annfield by Heogan (3.53 miles)
Lerwick, parish (Shetland) (3.96 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for 'St Magnus's Church', shown as an antiquity on OS 6 inch 1st edn.
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Contains Our Lady's Chapel, Weisdale, Tingwall (Shet)
Contains Our Lady's Chapel
Contains St Magnus's Church, Tingwall, Shetland
Parish TLA
TWL
County
Shetland
Medieval diocese
Orkney
Parish notes
This parish was united in with Whiteness and Weisdale in the sixteenth century (Cowan 1967, 197).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Tingwall
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Tingwall
Place
Tingwall, parish (Shetland)
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
Tingwall 1560, Assumption
Historic formTingwall This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameTingwall PlaceTingwall, parish (Shetland) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 660 Date of citation1560 x 1570 |
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
Place-name data
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