Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Stromness, parish (Orkney)
Grid reference
HY 237 081 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
323700 100810
Latitude
58.95370206167818
Longitude
-3.3264627013432433
Nearby places
St Colm's Chapel, Hoy & Graemsay ORK (1.14 miles)
Hoy (& Graemsay), parish, ORK (2.18 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Stromness (Orkney) (3.15 miles)
St John's Head, Hoy (4.56 miles)
Petertown, Mainland ORK (4.66 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR given is for NMRS Warebeth Cemetery, which may be the site of the old kirk of Stromness. It corresponds roughly to the site marked with a church symbol at 'Kirkbuster' in Stromness on Blaeu's map of Orkney and Shetland.
Relationships with other places
Contains St Mary's Chapel, Stromness (Orkney)
Parish TLA
SNS
County
Orkney
Medieval diocese
Orkney
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Stromness
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Stromness
Place
Stromness, parish (Orkney)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Place-name data
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Satellite map with labels:
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
