Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Trinity Well, Trinity Gask
Grid reference
NN 963 181 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
296300 718100
Latitude
56.34396619782258
Longitude
-3.6779023507949784
Altitude (metres)
65
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
Holy Trinity Church, Trinity Gask (0.09 miles)
Trinity Gask, parish (0.09 miles)
St David's, settlement Madderty (1.55 miles)
St Bean's Church, Kinkell, Trinity Gask PER (1.95 miles)
St Cattan's Church, Aberuthven Auchterarder (1.96 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records: It was renowned before the reformation for its miraculous cures (NSA). It is now a dry, overgrown hollow (1967).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Trinity Gask, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Holy Trinity Church, Trinity Gask
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Trinity Well
Head name
Trinity Well
Place
Trinity Well, Trinity Gask
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Trinity Well 1866, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formTrinity Well Head nameTrinity Well PlaceTrinity Well, Trinity Gask 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
Trinity (certain)
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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