Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Weisdale, former Parish, Tingwall (Shetland)
Grid reference
HU 383 500 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
438300 115000
Latitude
60.233048947798935
Longitude
-1.3083999384807496
County
Shetland
Nearby places
Our Lady's Chapel, Weisdale, Tingwall (Shet) (0 miles)
Our Lady's Chapel (0 miles)
Annsfield in Sandsting (2.38 miles)
St Mary's Chapel by Sand (2.88 miles)
Sandsting, parish (Shetland) (2.88 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR given for Our Lady's Chapel, which lies a short distance south of the settlement of Weisdale. But it is not certain that this was the parish kirk.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Tingwall, parish (Shetland)
Relationships with other places
Parish details
Weisdale now part of Tingwall TWL
Parish TLA
WEX
Medieval diocese
Orkney
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Weisdale
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Weisdale
Place
Weisdale, former Parish, Tingwall (Shetland)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
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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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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