Dunrossness, parish (Shetland)

Grid reference

HU 374 131 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

437400 111310

Latitude

59.90179388804213

Longitude

-1.3313885079399261

Nearby places

Cross Kirk, Dunrossness (Shetland) (0 miles)

Andrew's Point, Dunrosness (Shetland) (1.94 miles)

Lady's Holm, Dunrossness (2.17 miles)

St Magnus Sound, Dunrossness, Shetland (2.73 miles)

Maryland, Dunrossness (3.17 miles)

Object Classification

Parish (extant in 1975)

Is linear feature?

No

Notes

NGR for the site of Crosskirk, former parish kirk, abandoned c.1790 due to encroachment of sand (NMRS).

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Relationships with other parishes

Contains Cunningsburgh, former parish, Dunrossness

Contains Fair Isle, former parish, Dunrossnness ORK

Contains Sandwick, former parish, DNR (Shetland)

Relationships with other places

Contains Andrew's Point, Dunrosness (Shetland)

Contains Cross Kirk, Dunrossness (Shetland)

Contains Lady's Holm, Dunrossness

Contains Lady's Holm, Dunrossness

Contains Maryland, Dunrossness

Contains Ringans Kame, Dunrossness (Shetland)

Contains St Magnus Sound, Dunrossness, Shetland

Contains St Ninian's Bay, Dunrossness

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Contains St Ninian's Church, Dunrossness

Contains St Ninian's Isle, Dunrossness, Shetland

Contains St Ninian's Isle, Dunrossness, Shetland

Contains St Ninian's Isle DNR

Contains St Ninian's Well, Dunrossness

Contains St Paul's Kirk, Dunrossness (Shetland)

Parish details

Dunrossness

Parish TLA

DNR

County

Shetland

Medieval diocese

Orkney

Parish notes

United to Cunningsburgh CBX, 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.) There appears to have been no connection between the benefice and the collegiate church of Dunrossness (Thirds of Benefices 2, 48). Cowan 1967, 55.