Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Hoy (& Graemsay), parish, ORK
Grid reference
HY 235 046 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
323500 100460
Latitude
58.92223943569981
Longitude
-3.32872999963998
Nearby places
St Colm's Chapel, Hoy & Graemsay ORK (1.36 miles)
Stromness, parish (Orkney) (2.18 miles)
St John's Head, Hoy (3.35 miles)
Petertown, Mainland ORK (4.27 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Stromness (Orkney) (5.29 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR is for Hoy Old Parish Church, of which NMRS records: 'The old parish church, rebuilt in the last quarter of the eighteenth century, is a roofless shell, and there is no trace of the likely medieval precursor on the same site.'
Relationships with other places
Contains St Colm's Chapel, Hoy & Graemsay ORK
Contains St Colm's Kirk, Walls & Flotta (Orkney)
Contains St John's Head, Hoy
Parish details
Hoy now called Hoy & Graemsay GRX.Graemsay itself was never a parish (Cowan 1967, 78).
Parish TLA
HOY
County
Orkney
Medieval diocese
Orkney
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Hoy & Graemsay
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Hoy & Graemsay
Place
Hoy (& Graemsay), parish, ORK
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Hoy & Graemsay 1843, OS 6 inch second edn.
Historic formHoy & Graemsay This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameHoy & Graemsay PlaceHoy (& Graemsay), parish, ORK Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch second edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 |
Source code
OS 6 inch second edn.
Source title
OS 6 inch second edition