Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lunnasting, former parish, Nesting (Shetland)
Grid reference
HU 477 652 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
447700 116520
Latitude
60.368531506250385
Longitude
-1.1350814233497666
County
Shetland
Nearby places
Laxavoe, former parish, Delting (2.67 miles)
Nesting, parish (Shetland) (4.6 miles)
Olnafirth, former parish Delting (4.63 miles)
Whalsay, former parish, Nesting (Shetland) (4.83 miles)
Delting, parish (6.25 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR given is for OS Digimap 'chapel', marked as an antiquity, in the township of Lunnasting, close to OS 'Kirkhouse Loch'. But note the site of OS 'Lunna Kirk' at HU485691, near Lunna. This may have been the site of the parish kirk. However, given that the 'ting' or assembly of Lunna was probably at Lunnasting, and medieval churches were commonly associated with ting-sites, the NGR given may be marginally more likely.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Nesting, parish (Shetland)
from at least 16th century
Within Nesting, parish (Shetland)
from at least 16th century
Parish details
Lunnasting united with Whalsay and Nesting in 16 c. to form Nesting NES
Parish TLA
LXT
Medieval diocese
Orkney
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lunnasting
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Lunnasting
Place
Lunnasting, former parish, Nesting (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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Lunnasting 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formLunnasting This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameLunnasting PlaceLunnasting, former parish, Nesting (Shetland) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Feature named in sourceparish Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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