Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Skinnet, former parish, Halkirk
Grid reference
ND 130 620 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
313000 962000
Latitude
58.537743300737894
Longitude
-3.4945427297890577
Nearby places
St Thomas's Church, Skinnet, Halkirk (0 miles)
St Fergus's Church, Halkirk (1.46 miles)
Halkirk, parish (1.46 miles)
Tor Harlogan, Halkirk (1.6 miles)
Georgemas, Thurso (1.64 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for St Thomas's Chapel, Skinnnet, now in Halkirk.
Relationships with other places
Contains St Thomas's Church, Skinnet, Halkirk
Parish TLA
SXI
Medieval diocese
Caithness
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Skinnet
Skenand 1560, Assumption
Historic formSkenand Head nameSkinnet PlaceSkinnet, former parish, Halkirk Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 631 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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