Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Bride's Well, Cushnie, now LCU
Grid reference
NJ 509 107 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
350900 810700
Latitude
57.18467245208852
Longitude
-2.8123765824074853
Altitude (metres)
280
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
Brideswells, settlement, Cushnie LCU (0 miles)
St Bride's Church, Cushnie LCU (0.2 miles)
Cushnie, former parish, Leochel-Cushnie (0.2 miles)
South Brideswell, Cushnie, LCU (0.51 miles)
Leochel-Cushnie, modern parish (1.24 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Cushnie, former parish, Leochel-Cushnie (formerly)
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Brideswells, settlement, Cushnie LCU
a distance of 80 m.
Adjacent St Bride's Church, Cushnie LCU
a distance of 430 m.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Bride's Well
Head name
St Bride's Well
Place
St Bride's Well, Cushnie, now LCU
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 Bride's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Bride's Well Head nameSt Bride's Well PlaceSt Bride's Well, Cushnie, now LCU 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
Brig, Brigit, Bride (ns) (certain)
Brigit ingen Dubthaig (of Kildare) (certain)
Place-name data
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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