Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Our Lady's Well, Fetteresso
Grid reference
NO 884 873 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
388400 787300
Latitude
56.97692534195066
Longitude
-2.190853753944282
County
Kincardineshire
Nearby places
St Mary's Church, Cowie, Fetteresso (0 miles)
St Kiaran's Well, Fetteresso (1.04 miles)
St Bridget's Church, Dunnotter (1.93 miles)
St Ninian's Well, Dunnottar (2.13 miles)
St Ninian's Chapel, Dunnottar (2.18 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
'A little to the northward of the ruins of this castle [i.e. Cowie] there is yet standing pretty intire the walls of an old church, as is already mentioned, below which is a spring called Our Ladies Well, of old time as is reported, much frequented and yet held in veneration by the countrey people' (1722, Geog. Coll. i, 255)
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Mary's Church, Cowie, Fetteresso
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Our Lady's Well
Head name
Our Lady's Well
Place
Our Lady's Well, Fetteresso
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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Our Ladies Well 1722, Geog. Coll. I
Historic formOur Ladies Well Head nameOur Lady's Well PlaceOur Lady's Well, Fetteresso Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. I, 255 Date of citation1722 x 1722 |
Source code
Geog. Coll. I
Author
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
1 of 3
Year
1906
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Lady, Our Lady (certain)