Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Devenick's Well, Methlick
Grid reference
NJ 844 404 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
384400 840400
Latitude
57.45385263524066
Longitude
-2.259997673588981
Altitude (metres)
70
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
St Devenick's Church, Methlick (2.09 miles)
Methlick, parish (2.09 miles)
Maryhill, settlement, Monquhitter (3.36 miles)
All Saints Church, Episcopal, Fyvie (3.63 miles)
St Ninian's Chapel, Methlick (3.66 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS: held to have 'great healing powers' (1871), covered with a dry-stone chamber, silted but still containing water (1973). According to a local web-site (www.stdevenicks.org.uk) the well had an annual pilgrimage on 13th November, i.e. at about the time of St Devenick's Fair, second Tuesday of November.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Methlick, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Devenick's Well
Head name
St Devenick's Well
Place
St Devenick's Well, Methlick
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 Devenick's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Devenick's Well Head nameSt Devenick's Well PlaceSt Devenick's Well, Methlick 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.
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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