Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lady Well, Grange
Grid reference
NJ 479 514 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
347900 851400
Latitude
57.54993915762171
Longitude
-2.8706230313181478
Altitude (metres)
100
County
Banffshire
Nearby places
Lady Hill, Grange (0.06 miles)
Virgin Mary's Chapel, Grange (0.06 miles)
Grange, modern parish (0.09 miles)
Kilbady, settlement, Grange (2.59 miles)
St Rufus Park, Keith (2.99 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Close to Virgin Mary's Chapel, and Lady Hill, it presumably owes its name to the fact that this area was formerly a grange of the Cistercian monastery of Kinloss.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Grange, modern parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lady Well
Head name
Lady Well
Place
Lady Well, Grange
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
Historic formLadywell Head nameLady Well PlaceLady Well, Grange Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, ix, 581 Date of citation1793 x 1793 Feature named in sourcewell |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Lady Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formLady Well Head nameLady Well PlaceLady Well, Grange 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
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Lady, Our Lady (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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