Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Wick, parish
Grid reference
ND 361 511 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
336100 951100
Latitude
58.443859131759
Longitude
-3.0947646168379523
Nearby places
St Fergus' Church, Wick (0 miles)
St Fergus' Well, Wick (0.06 miles)
St Ninian's Chapel, Wick (1.36 miles)
St Cuthbert's Church, Wick (2 miles)
St Tear's Chapel, Wick (2.08 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for St Fergus Church, Wick.
Relationships with other places
Contains Mary Ford, Wick
Contains St Cuthbert's Church, Wick
Contains St Dudoch's Kirk, Kirk o' Moss, Wick
Contains St Fergus' Church, Wick
Contains St Fergus' Well, Wick
Contains St Martin's Chapel, Wick
Contains St Mary's Chapel, Wick
Contains St Ninian's Chapel, Wick
Contains St Tear's Chapel, Wick
Contains St Trostan's Well, Halkirk
Parish TLA
WIK
County
Caithness
Medieval diocese
Caithness
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Wick
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Wick
Place
Wick, parish
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
Weik 1560, Assumption
Historic formWeik This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameWick PlaceWick, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 648 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcevicarage |
Source code
Assumption
Source title
The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices: Scottish Ecclesiastical Rentals at the Reformation
Editors
J. Kirk
Series
Records of Social and Economic History, New Series, 21
Year
1995
Place-name data
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