Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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North Uist, modern parish
Grid reference
NF 830 680 (general (5km))
Six-figure easting & northing
83000 868000
Latitude
57.590610429086354
Longitude
-7.306321078375887
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
Bogach Maari, North Uist (3.12 miles)
Buaile Maari, North Uist (3.34 miles)
Cnoc Mhic Eoghainn, North Uist (3.75 miles)
Oban Mhic Eoghain, North Uist (3.98 miles)
Airigh Phàdruig, North Uist (4.53 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the approximate centre of the island.
Relationships with other parishes
Contains Kilmuir, former parish, North Uist
Contains North Uist, modern parish
Within North Uist, modern parish
Contains Sand, former parish (SXD) North Uist
Relationships with other places
Contains Airigh Phàdruig, North Uist
Contains Baile Mhàrtainn, North Uist
Contains Bogach Maari, North Uist
Contains Buaile Maari, North Uist
Contains Cille Pheadair, eccles. North Uist
Contains Cille Pheadair, eccles. North Uist
Contains Cille Pheadair, settlement North Uist
Contains Cladh Chothain, cemetery, North Uist
Contains Cladh Chothain, cemetery, North Uist
Contains Cnoc Bharr, North Uist (Monach Islands)
Contains Cnoc Mhic Eoghainn, North Uist
Contains Cnoc nan Aingeal, North Uist
Contains Eilean Trostain, North Uist
Contains Kilchalma, eccl. North Uist
Contains Kilchalma, eccl. North Uist
Contains Kilmuir, eccles. North Uist
Contains Loch na Trionaid, North Uist
Contains Mol Mhartuinn, North Uist
Contains Oban Mhic Eoghain, North Uist
Contains Orasaigh, North Uist
Contains Port Geola Mhic Eoghainn, North Uist
Contains St Columba's Chapel, Sand SXD (North Uist)
Contains St Michael's Chapel, North Uist
Contains St Michael's Point, North Uist
Contains St Ulton's Chapel, Vallay, North Uist
Contains Teampull Chrìosd, North Uist
Contains Teampull Mhuir, North Uist (Vallay)
Contains Teampull na Trionaid, North Uist
Contains Teampull na Trionaid, North Uist
Contains Teampull Orain, Oronsay, Vallay, North Uist
Contains Tobar Chaluim Chille, (SXD) North Uist
Contains Tobar na Trionaid, North Uist
Parish details
North Uist was created out of the medieval parishes of Kilmuir XKU and Sand SXD.
Parish TLA
NUS
County
Inverness-shire
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?North Uist
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
North Uist
Place
North Uist, modern parish
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
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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Satellite map with labels:
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
