Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Sandness, former parish WAS (Shetland)
Grid reference
HU 191 576 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
419100 115760
Latitude
60.302647255246534
Longitude
-1.654372911873983
County
Shetland
Nearby places
St Margaret's Kirk, Sandness, WAS Shetland (0 miles)
St Ninian's Chapel WAS (0.53 miles)
Papastour, former parish, WAS (Shetland) (1.72 miles)
Peter's Water, Sandsting (3.65 miles)
Catherine's Water, Sandsting (Shetland) (5.16 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for St Margaret's Kirk, Sandness. NMRS records a symbol-stone here, now lost, bearing a rectangle, horseshoe and mirror.
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Parish details
Sandness part of Walls WSX and Sandness WAS
Parish TLA
SXN
Medieval diocese
Orkney
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Sandness
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Sandness
Place
Sandness, former parish WAS (Shetland)
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
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:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
