Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Colm's Kirk, Burness CBS (Sanday ORK)
Grid reference
HY 671 449 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
367100 104490
Latitude
59.289729710733646
Longitude
-2.5775688557827126
County
Orkney
Nearby places
Burness, former parish, CBS (Sanday) ORK (0 miles)
Peterkirk, eccles. Ladykirk (Sanday ORK) (2.72 miles)
Ladybank, settlement Lady (Sanday ORK) (2.98 miles)
Cross & Burness, parish (Sanday ORK) (3.12 miles)
Lady Kirk, eccles. Lady, CBS (Sanday ORK) (3.12 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Apprently the site of St Columba's parish church of Burness parish. Only a graveyard survives now.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Burness, former parish, CBS (Sanday) ORK
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Colm's Kirk
Head name
St Colm's Kirk
Place
St Colm's Kirk, Burness CBS (Sanday ORK)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
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
S. Colms K. 1654, Blaeu
Historic formS. Colms K. Head nameSt Colm's Kirk PlaceSt Colm's Kirk, Burness CBS (Sanday ORK) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Saints in this place-name
Columb, Colmán, Commán, Mo Cholmóc, Mo Chommóc, Mo Chumma, Columba, Columbanus etc (ns) (certain)
Columb Cille m. Feidlimid (probable)
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