Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Thomas's Well, Crieff
Grid reference
NN 866 215 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
286600 721500
Latitude
56.37227680953161
Longitude
-3.836232147464815
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
Crieff, parish (0.06 miles)
St Margaret's College, Crieff (0.09 miles)
St Catherine's Glebe, Crieff (0.25 miles)
Callum's Hill, Crieff (0.71 miles)
St Serf's Church, Monzievaird (1.54 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
It lies to the east of the parish kirk of Crieff. It was used for the treatment of measles and whooping cough (OS Name Book cited by NMRS), but there was no trace of it in 1963.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Crieff, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Thomas's Well
Head name
St Thomas's Well
Place
St Thomas's Well, Crieff
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
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
St Thomas's Well 1866, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Thomas's Well Head nameSt Thomas's Well PlaceSt Thomas's Well, Crieff Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. 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
Thomas (ns) (certain)
Thomas, apostle (probable)
Thomas of Canterbury (doubtful)
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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