Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Leonard's Well, Speymouth
Grid reference
NJ 335 608 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
333500 860800
Latitude
57.632479825993045
Longitude
-3.113787360272875
Altitude (metres)
30
County
Morayshire
Nearby places
Speymouth, modern parish (0.06 miles)
Bellie, parish (1.12 miles)
St Peter's Well, Essil, Speymouth (1.63 miles)
Essil, former parish, Speymouth (1.63 miles)
St Peter's Church, Essil, Speymouth (1.63 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS: Curative qualities are recorded in OS Name Book. It is now drained, but the water was recently used for baptism in Speymouth parish kirk (1972).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Speymouth, modern parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Leonard's Well
Head name
St Leonard's Well
Place
St Leonard's Well, Speymouth
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St Leonard's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Leonard's Well Head nameSt Leonard's Well PlaceSt Leonard's Well, Speymouth 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
Leonard (ns) (certain)
Leonard of Noblac (certain)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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