'Know Your Parish' talk by John Quilliam about Santon
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Date(s): after 1967 and before 1979
Scope & Content: John Quilliam talks about the name of Kirk Santon as dedicated to Saint Santin and possible connection to Saint Ann; smallest parish on island; its topography; coast as dangerous and rocky; Manx and Scandinavian names of places on coast; creeks and look-outs; parish as is in sheading of Middle along with Marown and Braddan; it being thinly populated with no large villages or towns; boundaries and their Manx names; Manx place and field names; old treen of Aragon Beg, derived from Norse; difference between chrink and cronk; Manx and Norse origin and meaning of names of various farms and landmarks; origins of various Manx surnames.
Administration / Biographical History: Part of series broadcast on Manx Radio.
Language: English
Extent: 10 min. 1 sec.
Collection: Sound Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: SA 2019-0053/2
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Subject tags : #UOSH