Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Mary Well, well Birse
Grid reference
NO 580 959 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
358000 795900
Latitude
57.052422231533264
Longitude
-2.692430094069631
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
Marywell, settlement, Birse (0 miles)
Kill Dordy, Birse (0.98 miles)
Birse, parish (1.8 miles)
Maryfield, Aboyne & Glentanar (1.86 miles)
Inchbrae, Birse (1.86 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The object's existence is assumed from the name of Marywell, a farm in Birse at the above NGR. OS maps show a small well on the south side of the steadings. This may be the hypothesised and eponymous 'Mary Well', but there is no certainty about this identification.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Birse, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Mary Well
Head name
Mary Well
Place
Mary Well, well Birse
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
Yes
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (probable)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (probable)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of Marywell, Marywell, settlement, Birse
Place-name data
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Satellite map with labels:
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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
