Saints in Scottish Place-Names
Funded by a Leverhulme Trust Project Grant
St Fergus' Well, Wick
Grid reference
ND 361 510 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
336100 951000
Latitude
58.44296107165677
Longitude
-3.0947367253791844
County
Caithness
Nearby places
Wick, parish (0.06 miles)
St Fergus' Church, Wick (0.06 miles)
St Ninian's Chapel, Wick (1.33 miles)
St Cuthbert's Church, Wick (1.98 miles)
St Tear's Chapel, Wick (2.14 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Wick, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Fergus' Church, Wick
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Fergus' Well
Head name
St Fergus' Well
Place
St Fergus' Well, Wick
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St Fergus' Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Fergus' Well Head nameSt Fergus' Well PlaceSt Fergus' Well, Wick 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.
Saints in this place-name
Fergus (ns) (certain)
Fergus bishop, a Pict (probable)
Fergus of Glamis (probable)
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
Map Layers
The map interface was produced using the Leaflet.js library. Attribution for the base layers is as follows:
Default map:
Tiles © Esri — Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, TomTom, Intermap, iPC, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN, GeoBase, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), and the GIS User Community
Satellite map:
Tiles © Esri — Source: Esri, i-cubed, USDA, USGS, AEX, GeoEye, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, UPR-EGP, and the GIS User Community
Satellite map with labels:
Base map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA, Imagery © Mapbox
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
