Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Evie, former parish, Evie & Rendall
Grid reference
HY 337 287 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
333700 102870
Latitude
59.140345772773344
Longitude
-3.1588697595706714
County
Orkney
Nearby places
Peter's Kirk, Evie, Evie & Rendall ORK (0.06 miles)
Eynhallow, Rousay (1.39 miles)
Marywell (Rousay), Rousay & Egilsay (2.36 miles)
Rousay & Egilsay, parish, aka Rousay (ORK) (2.39 miles)
St Mary's Church, Rousay ORK (2.39 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for OS 'Peter's Kirk'.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Evie & Rendall, parish ORK
Relationships with other places
Contains Peter's Kirk, Evie, Evie & Rendall ORK
Contains St Nicholas's Chapel, Evie
Parish details
Evie part of Evie & Rendall RLX ERL
Parish TLA
EVX
Medieval diocese
Orkney
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Evie
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Evie
Place
Evie, former parish, Evie & Rendall
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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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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
