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Eye, former parish, Stornoway (Lewis)
Grid reference
NB 484 322 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
148400 932200
Latitude
58.206909713670406
Longitude
-6.283444341391277
County
Ross-shire
Nearby places
St Columba's Church, Stornoway (Lewis) (0 miles)
Sgeir Phadric, Stornoway (Eye) (Lewis) (1.37 miles)
Tobar Huisdein, Stornoway (Lewis) (2.02 miles)
St Cowstans Chapel, Stornoway (Lewis) (2.14 miles)
Cnoc Eoin, Stornoway (Lewis) (2.25 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for Eaglais na h-Aoidhe, St Columba's Church.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Stornoway, parish (Lewis)
Relationships with other places
Parish details
Eye in Lewis
Parish TLA
EYX
Medieval diocese
Isles
Parish notes
An independent parsonage in lay patronage during the 15th c., presentations to the church, which was one of the 4 parish kirks of Lewis, continue to be made by the crown till the very eve of the Reformation, although a presentation to the church of Nahayis in 1559 may be to the church of Ness (CPL viii, 469; ix, 169; x, 685; RSS i no.1332; v no.640; RMS iii nos. 1400, 1830, iv no. 750). This possiblitity is strangthened by the fact that the parsonage of Eie in Loise pertained to the bp. of the Isles at the Reformation, its annexation if such it was, having taken place after 1552 when the church was held by the archdeacon of the Isles (Coll. de Rebus Alban, 4; RMS iv no.750). Cowan 1967, 64. It looks like the parish kirk was dedicated to Columba.’St Collum in Ey’, referred to by Martin Martin in 1716 (1981 reprint, 27). NB487323. Church remains probably 14th c. (Redford 1988, 164).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Eye
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Eye
Place
Eye, former parish, Stornoway (Lewis)
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Skeirachnaheie 1560, Assumption
Historic formSkeirachnaheie This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameEye PlaceEye, former parish, Stornoway (Lewis) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, appendix I, p. 675 Date of citation1560 x 1570 |
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