Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Cunningsburgh, former parish, Dunrossness
Grid reference
HU 433 279 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
443300 112790
Latitude
60.03411044657366
Longitude
-1.2228159158940781
County
Shetland
Nearby places
St Paul's Kirk, Dunrossness (Shetland) (0 miles)
Sandwick, former parish, DNR (Shetland) (2.61 miles)
Burra, former parish, Lerwick (Shetland) (4.57 miles)
St Laurence's Church, Burra, Lerwick (Shet) (4.57 miles)
Quarff, former parish, Lerwick, Shetland (4.62 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for St Paul's Kirk, Mail/Cunningsburgh, former parish kirk. Ogham- and rune-inscribed fragnments have been found in the kirkyard.
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Parish details
Cunningsburgh now part of Dunrossness DNR.
Parish TLA
CBX
Medieval diocese
Orkney
Parish notes
United to Dunrossness DNR, Fair Isle FIX and Sandwick SWX in the 16th c., the bishop of Orkney possessed one third of the corn teind of the parsonage, the residual teinds being the vicar’s (PSAS xliv, 305.). The church .. has been assigned to St Columba and also to St Paul. ACDS-NS, 49.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Cunningsburgh
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Cunningsburgh
Place
Cunningsburgh, former parish, Dunrossness
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Kunings-brugh 1654, Blaeu
Historic formKunings-brugh This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameCunningsburgh PlaceCunningsburgh, former parish, Dunrossness Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Orkney & Shetland Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654