Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Burray, former parish, South Ronaldsay ORK
Grid reference
ND 491 964 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
349100 996400
Latitude
58.852401661633294
Longitude
-2.8822818986109846
Nearby places
St Lawrence's Church, S. Ronaldsay (Burray) (0 miles)
St Nicholas Church, Holm (Orkney) (2.86 miles)
Holm (& Pablay), parish ORK (2.86 miles)
St Margaret's Hope (South Ronaldsay) ORK (3.05 miles)
St Mary's, settlement, Holm ORK (3.22 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR is for St Lawrence's Church, Burray.
Relationships with other places
Parish details
Burray now part of South Ronaldsay SRO
Parish TLA
BXU
Medieval diocese
Orkney
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Burray
Head name
Burray
Place
Burray, former parish, South Ronaldsay ORK
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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
Borray 1561, Assumption
Historic formBorray Head nameBurray PlaceBurray, former parish, South Ronaldsay ORK Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 659 Date of citation1561 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
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