Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lady Well, Cleish
Grid reference
NT 093 976 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
309300 697600
Latitude
56.16249473964334
Longitude
-3.4606108374981708
Altitude (metres)
150
County
Kinross-shire
Nearby places
Cleish, parish (0.32 miles)
St Ninian's Chapel, Kinross (2.22 miles)
Fergus Knowe, relief Kinross (2.76 miles)
Fergusknowe, settlement Kinross (2.88 miles)
Tullibole, former parish, Fossoway (3.13 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
It is described in the OS Name Book as 'a good spring well situated a little west of Cogfauld.much famed for mixing with ardent spirit by the local drinkers (4.40). The waters from the well, as shown on OS 6 inch 1st edn., fed a small burn which may once have flowed past the kirk, though modern drainage has diverted it to flow nearer to Paphle (NT097979). This may be the only clue that the medieval kirk of Cleish was dedicated to St Mary.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Cleish, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lady Well
Head name
Lady Well
Place
Lady Well, Cleish
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Lady Well 1866, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formLady Well Head nameLady Well PlaceLady Well, Cleish 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
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (probable)
Lady, Our Lady (probable)
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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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