Burra, former parish, Lerwick (Shetland)

Grid reference

HU 368 314 (assumed location)

Six-figure easting & northing

436800 113140

Latitude

60.06617281782553

Longitude

-1.3388453258517508

County

Shetland

Nearby places

St Laurence's Church, Burra, Lerwick (Shet) (0 miles)

Quarff, former parish, Lerwick, Shetland (4.28 miles)

Cunningsburgh, former parish, Dunrossness (4.57 miles)

St Paul's Kirk, Dunrossness (Shetland) (4.57 miles)

Sandwick, former parish, DNR (Shetland) (6.21 miles)

Object Classification

Parish (non-extant in 1975)

Is linear feature?

No

Notes

NGR is for St Lawrence's Church, NMRS (Canmore ID 629): The Ordnance Survey Name Book (ONB) and RCAHMS state that the remains of the present church stand on the site of St. Laurence's Church. It may be that several churches stood on this site in succession. Several pieces of early medieval Christian stone-carving, includingn fragments of an interlace cross, parts of slab-shrines and a sculptured cross slab show evidence of early medieval importance.

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Relationships with other parishes

Within Lerwick, parish (Shetland)

Relationships with other places

Contains St Laurence's Church, Burra, Lerwick (Shet)

Parish details

Burra united in 16th c. with Quarff & Bressay (Cowan 1967, 23), now Lerwick (NMRS)

Parish TLA

BXA

Medieval diocese

Orkney

Parish notes