Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Sand, former parish (SXD) North Uist
Grid reference
NF 873 764 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
87300 876400
Latitude
57.668751116285144
Longitude
-7.2455397297966835
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
St Columba's Chapel, Sand SXD (North Uist) (0 miles)
Tobar Chaluim Chille, (SXD) North Uist (0.94 miles)
Buaile Maari, North Uist (2.59 miles)
Port Geola Mhic Eoghainn, North Uist (2.6 miles)
Cnoc Mhic Eoghainn, North Uist (2.63 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for St Columba's Chapel, Kilcolmkill, North Uist.
Relationships with other parishes
Within North Uist, modern parish
Relationships with other places
Contains St Columba's Chapel, Sand SXD (North Uist)
Contains St Columba's Chapel, Sand SXD (North Uist)
Parish details
Sand now part of North Uist NUS
Parish TLA
SXD
Medieval diocese
Isles
Parish notes
Also known also as Kilcolmkill, the church, which was one of the five parish kirks of Uist, had its parsonage annexed to Iona at some period before the Reformation, while as customary one third of the teinds would pertain to the bishops of the Isles. (Monro W.I. 48; Coll. de Rebus Alban 3, 10). Cowan 1967, 179. Clachan Shannda NF879759 [Landranger] - note ‘burial ground’ 873766 - site of old kirk?
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Kilcolmkill
Head name
Kilcolmkill
Place
Sand, former parish (SXD) North Uist
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Sand
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Sand
Place
Sand, former parish (SXD) North Uist
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Sand 1561, Assumption
Historic formSand This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameSand PlaceSand, former parish (SXD) North Uist Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 674 Date of citation1561 x 1561 Feature named in sourceparsonage |
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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