Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Margaret's Well, Beath parish
Grid reference
NT 117 926 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
311700 692600
Latitude
56.11803138774614
Longitude
-3.4203181430307583
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Ninians, opencast coal mine, Beath (0.51 miles)
Beath, parish (2.19 miles)
Lady Dean, Dunfermline (2.36 miles)
St Margaret's Well, well Dunfermline (2.89 miles)
Lumphinnan, eccles. Ballingry (3.29 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The site is now occupied by an open-cast coal-mine. NMRS reports no traditions associated with the well. Its name may derive from fact that it is on land belonging to Dunfermline Abbey, whose patron saint was Margaret.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Beath, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Margaret's Well
Head name
St Margaret's Well
Place
St Margaret's Well, Beath parish
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 Margaret's Well 1856, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Margaret's Well Head nameSt Margaret's Well PlaceSt Margaret's Well, Beath parish 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
Margaret (ns) (certain)
Margaret of Scotland (certain)
Place-name data
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