Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lady Well, well Falkland
Grid reference
NO 257 067 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
325700 706700
Latitude
56.247082558993995
Longitude
-3.1991299832682794
Altitude (metres)
115
County
Fife
Nearby places
St John's Well, Falkland (0.06 miles)
Maryfield, settlement Kettle (1.33 miles)
Kettle, parish, aka Lathrisk (1.41 miles)
Church of St John and St Athernisc, Kettle (1.41 miles)
Falkland, parish (aka Kilgour) (2.35 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The water from this well was piped into Falkland in 1766, and is recorded in 1968 as still supplementing the town's water supply (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lady Well
Head name
Lady Well
Place
Lady Well, well Falkland
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Lady Well 1856, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formLady Well Head nameLady Well PlaceLady Well, well Falkland 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
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Lady, Our Lady (certain)
Place-name data
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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
