Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Olaf's Church, Lund, Unst (Shetland)
Grid reference
HP 566 040 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
456600 120400
Latitude
60.715744939348816
Longitude
-0.9626400857463321
County
Shetland
Nearby places
Lund, former parish, Unst (Shetland) (0 miles)
St Olaf's Church, North Yell, Yell (Shetland) (2.16 miles)
North Yell, former parish, Yell (Shetland) (2.16 miles)
Baliasta, former parish, Unst (Shetland) (4.08 miles)
St John's Kirk, Baliasta, Unst (Shetland) (4.08 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
A twelfth-century church, roofless in a graveyard. See NMRS for further details.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Lund, former parish, Unst (Shetland)
Within Lund, former parish, Unst (Shetland) (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Olaf's Church
Head name
St Olaf's Church
Place
St Olaf's Church, Lund, Unst (Shetland)
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
Saints in this place-name
Olaf (ns) (certain)
Olaf, king of Norway (probable)
Place-name data
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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:
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