Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Nicholas Kirk, XSN, Stronsay
Grid reference
HY 660 222 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
366000 102220
Latitude
59.08578042082417
Longitude
-2.593334297981391
County
Orkney
Nearby places
Stronsay St Nicholas, former parish, Stronsay ORK (0 miles)
Stronsay, modern parish (Orkney) (1.28 miles)
Lady Kirk, eccles., XSL, Stronsay (Orkney) (1.9 miles)
Lady, former parish, Stronsay (Orkney) (1.9 miles)
St Salvador, settlement, Stronsay (Orkney) (2.2 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for St Nicholas' Church as recorded by NMRS. No trace of the church survives, but the graveyard was still in use in 1970.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Nicholas Kirk
Head name
St Nicholas Kirk
Place
St Nicholas Kirk, XSN, Stronsay
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Beati Nicholaii 1545, RMS
Historic formBeati Nicholaii Head nameSt Nicholas Kirk PlaceSt Nicholas Kirk, XSN, Stronsay Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 3102 Date of citation1545 x 1545 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Nicholas K. 1654, Blaeu
Historic formNicholas K. Head nameSt Nicholas Kirk PlaceSt Nicholas Kirk, XSN, Stronsay Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Orkney and Shetland Date of citation1654 x 1654 Feature named in sourcekirk |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
St Nicholas Kirk 1746, OSA
Historic formSt Nicholas Kirk Head nameSt Nicholas Kirk PlaceSt Nicholas Kirk, XSN, Stronsay Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, xv, 422 Date of citation1746 x 1746 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Saints in this place-name
Nicholas (ns) (certain)
Nicholas, bishop of Myra (certain)
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