Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Holm (& Pablay), parish ORK
Grid reference
HY 510 006 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
351000 100060
Latitude
58.89034109516491
Longitude
-2.8502770293069593
Nearby places
St Mary's, settlement, Holm ORK (2.27 miles)
St Peter's Kirk, St Andrews & Deerness ORK (2.72 miles)
Burray, former parish, South Ronaldsay ORK (2.86 miles)
St Lawrence's Church, S. Ronaldsay (Burray) (2.86 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for St Nicholas's Church, Holm. Early medieval cross-slab and other sculptures have been found here (NMRS).
Relationships with other places
Contains St Mary's, settlement, Holm ORK
Contains St Nicholas Church, Holm (Orkney)
Parish details
Holm (and Pablay)
Parish TLA
HOM
County
Orkney
Medieval diocese
Orkney
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Holm (& Pablay)
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Holm (& Pablay)
Place
Holm (& Pablay), parish 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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Holme 1560, Assumption
Historic formHolme This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameHolm (& Pablay) PlaceHolm (& Pablay), parish ORK Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 657 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourceparish |
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
Holm 1726, Geog. Coll. I
Historic formHolm This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameHolm (& Pablay) PlaceHolm (& Pablay), parish ORK Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. I, 142 Date of citation1726 x 1726 |
Source code
Geog. Coll. I
Author
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
1 of 3
Year
1906
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