Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Annfield by Heogan
Grid reference
HU 476 437 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
447600 114370
Latitude
60.1755013276568
Longitude
-1.1419639595651532
County
Shetland
Nearby places
Maryfield, settlement Bressay (1.43 miles)
St Ola's Church, Bressay (Shetland) (1.55 miles)
Lerwick, parish (Shetland) (1.68 miles)
Bressay, parish (2.94 miles)
St Mary's Church, Bressay (2.94 miles)
Object Classification
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Probably a farmer's wife/daughter
Relationships with other parishes
Within Bressay, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Annfield
Head name
Annfield
Place
Annfield by Heogan
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
Saints in this place-name
Anne (ns) (maybe)
Anne, mother of Mary (maybe)
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
Map Layers
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Satellite map:
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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
