Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Bressay, parish
Grid reference
HU 521 422 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
452100 114220
Latitude
60.16148357242695
Longitude
-1.0612435731735703
Nearby places
St Mary's Church, Bressay (0 miles)
St Ola's Church, Bressay (Shetland) (1.51 miles)
Maryfield, settlement Bressay (2 miles)
Lerwick, parish (Shetland) (2.83 miles)
Annfield by Heogan (2.94 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for St Mary's Church (in ruins).
Relationships with other places
Contains Annfield by Heogan
Contains Maryfield, settlement Bressay
Contains South Maryfield in Bressay
Contains St John's Chapel, Bressay
Contains St Mary's Church, Bressay
Contains St Ola's Church, Bressay (Shetland)
Parish details
Bressay now including Burra BXA
Parish TLA
BRS
County
Shetland
Medieval diocese
Orkney
Parish notes
United in the 16th c. with Quarff & Burra - see PSAS xliv, 306. Cowan 1967, 23. It had a chapel at Culbinsburgh; ibid. 1967, 40.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Bressay
Head name
Bressay
Place
Bressay, 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
Bressay 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formBressay Head nameBressay PlaceBressay, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Place-name data
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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
