Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Well, Maryton
Grid reference
NO 683 560 (general (1km))
Six-figure easting & northing
368300 756000
Latitude
56.69477962239619
Longitude
-2.517652009469181
County
Angus
Nearby places
St Mary's Church, Maryton (Old Montrose) (0 miles)
Maryton, parish, alias Old Montrose (0 miles)
Maryton, settlement Maryton (0.22 miles)
Craig, parish (aka Inchbrayock) (1.67 miles)
St Braoch's Church, Inchbraoch/Craig, Montrose (1.67 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS reports: (NO 6838 5601) The parish church built in 1791 on or near the site of its predecessor, which on record in the 12th century dedicated to the Virgin and known as St.Mary's of Old Montrose. St Mary's Well is in the immediate vicinity. A fine heraldic graveslab dating from about 1530 is preserved in the church vestry. A J Warden 1880-5; D MacGibbon and T Ross 1896-7.
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mary's Well
Head name
St Mary's Well
Place
St Mary's Well, Maryton
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
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)