Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Columbus, settlement, Sandsting (Shetland)
Grid reference
HU 289 485 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
428900 114850
Latitude
60.22035575772111
Longitude
-1.4783443856787895
County
Shetland
Nearby places
St Mary's Chapel, Sandsting (0.83 miles)
Olas Voe (1.06 miles)
St Paul's Church, Walls & Sandness (Shetl) (3.08 miles)
Walls and Sandness, modern parish (Shetland) (3.08 miles)
Walls, former parish, Walls & Sandness (Shetland) (3.17 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Sandsting, parish (Shetland)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Columbus
Head name
Columbus
Place
Columbus, settlement, Sandsting (Shetland)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Columbus 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formColumbus Head nameColumbus PlaceColumbus, settlement, Sandsting (Shetland) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Saints in this place-name
Columb, Colmán, Commán, Mo Cholmóc, Mo Chommóc, Mo Chumma, Columba, Columbanus etc (ns) (maybe)
Columb Cille m. Feidlimid (maybe)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
