Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Westray, parish (Orkney)
Grid reference
HY 440 460 (general (5km))
Six-figure easting & northing
343900 104880
Latitude
59.322308233138436
Longitude
-2.985808927167187
Nearby places
Loch Saintear, Westray (ORK) (0.88 miles)
Lawrence's Piece, Westray (Orkney) (2.79 miles)
Loch of St Tredwell, Papa Westray (ORK) (3.59 miles)
Westray-Crosskirk, former parish, Westray (ORK) (3.67 miles)
Cross Kirk, eccles. Westray (ORK) (3.67 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This parish is a union of two earlier medieval parishes (Ladykirk and Crosskirk of Westray). Which - if either- of these two sites served as the kirk of the later united medieval parish of Westray is not yet clear, so the NGR given is non-committal, indicating merely the rough centre of Westray.
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Contains Cross Kirk, eccles. Westray (ORK)
Contains Lady Kirk, eccles. Westray (ORK)
Contains Lawrence's Piece, Westray (Orkney)
Contains Loch Saintear, Westray (ORK)
Contains Peterkirk, Westray (ORK)
Contains Peterkirk, Westray (ORK)
Contains Point of Peterkirk, Westray (ORK)
Parish TLA
WRY
County
Orkney
Medieval diocese
Orkney
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Westray
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Westray
Place
Westray, 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