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Cross & Burness, parish (Sanday ORK)
Grid reference
HY 660 400 (vague location)
Six-figure easting & northing
366000 104000
Latitude
59.245637710018926
Longitude
-2.596109213880412
Nearby places
Cross, former parish, CBS (Sanday ORK) (0.66 miles)
Cross Kirk, CBS (Sanday ORK) (0.66 miles)
Ladybank, settlement Lady (Sanday ORK) (0.87 miles)
Lady Kirk, eccles. Lady, CBS (Sanday ORK) (0.99 miles)
Lady Kirkyard, Lady (Sanday ORK) (0.99 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The modern parish of Cross & Burness was created out of the parishes of Cross (the south-west arm of the island of Sanday) and of Burness (the north-western arm). They are shown as two distinct parishes still on OS 6 inch 1st edn (1843 x 1882).
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Contains Bride's Ness, N. Ronaldsay CBS (Orkney)
Contains Bride's Poind, N.Ronaldsay, Cross & Burness
Contains Lady Kirk, eccles. Lady, CBS (Sanday ORK)
Contains St Colm's Kirk, Burness CBS (Sanday ORK)
Parish details
Cross & Burness (Sanday) CSX BXR
Parish TLA
CBS
County
Orkney
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Cross & Burness
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Cross & Burness
Place
Cross & Burness, parish (Sanday ORK)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No