Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Thomas's Kirk, Rendall
Grid reference
HY 424 210 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
342400 102100
Latitude
59.0724679314508
Longitude
-3.0048047618984577
Altitude (metres)
5
County
Orkney
Nearby places
Rendall, former parish, Evie & Rendall ORK (0 miles)
St Mary's Kirk in Rendall (2.11 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Wyre (3.41 miles)
Lady's Kirk, Shapinsay (Orkney) (4.03 miles)
St Nicholas's Chapel, Evie (4.6 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Remains of an apparently twelfth-century kirk, two-chambered (nave and chancel), known locally as Tammas Kirk (NMRS, Canmore ID 2679, q.v. for further details).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Evie & Rendall, parish ORK
Within Rendall, former parish, Evie & Rendall ORK (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Thomas's Kirk
Head name
St Thomas's Kirk
Place
St Thomas's Kirk, Rendall
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
St Thomas's Kirk 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Thomas's Kirk Head nameSt Thomas's Kirk PlaceSt Thomas's Kirk, Rendall 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.
Tammas Kirk 1932
Historic formTammas Kirk Head nameSt Thomas's Kirk PlaceSt Thomas's Kirk, Rendall Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1932 x 1932 |
Tammas Kirk 1932
Historic formTammas Kirk Head nameSt Thomas's Kirk PlaceSt Thomas's Kirk, Rendall Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1932 x 1932 |
Author
Taylor, Simon
Source title
Iona Abbots in Scottish Place-Names
Editors
Dauvit Broun and Thomas Owen Clancy
Pages
35-70
Volume
Spes Scotorum, Hope of Scots:
Year
1999
Tammas Kirk 1932
Historic formTammas Kirk Head nameSt Thomas's Kirk PlaceSt Thomas's Kirk, Rendall Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1932 x 1932 |
Saints in this place-name
Thomas (ns) (certain)
Thomas, apostle (probable)
Thomas of Canterbury (doubtful)
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