Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Chapel Well, aka Christ's Well, St Ninians
Grid reference
NS 778 925 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
277800 692500
Latitude
56.10966322217271
Longitude
-3.965247474424268
County
Stirlingshire
Nearby places
St Thomas's Well, Stirling (0.31 miles)
Tibirmasko, ~well, St Ninians or Stirling (0.81 miles)
St Mary's Land, Stirling (0.81 miles)
St James Hospital, Stirling (0.81 miles)
St John Street, Stirling (1.1 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Notes
This is marked on modern OS maps as 'Chapel Well (site)', the well having been filled-in. It's use was associated with a site called by NMRS Cambusbarron chapel and burial ground of which there is now no trace. NMRS says that part of the chapel was still standing in the late fifteenth century and the dedication is unknown. The chapel is Canmore ID 46267, the well is ID 46248. NMRS report a source of 1904 claiming that the well was formerly known as 'Christ's Well'. St Thomas's Well, Stirling, has also been claimed as the object formerly so labelled. St Thomas's Well is Canmore ID 46237.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Chapel Well
Head name
Chapel Well
Place
Chapel Well, aka Christ's Well, St Ninians
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Chapel Well 1865, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formChapel Well Head nameChapel Well PlaceChapel Well, aka Christ's Well, St Ninians 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.
Christ's Well
Head name
Christ's Well
Place
Chapel Well, aka Christ's Well, St Ninians
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Possible
The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Christ's Well 1904
Historic formChrist's Well Head nameChrist's Well PlaceChapel Well, aka Christ's Well, St Ninians Certainty that this name applies to this placePossible |
Christ's Well 1904
Historic formChrist's Well Head nameChrist's Well PlaceChapel Well, aka Christ's Well, St Ninians Certainty that this name applies to this placePossible |
Author
Taylor, Simon
Source title
Iona Abbots in Scottish Place-Names
Editors
Dauvit Broun and Thomas Owen Clancy
Pages
35-70
Volume
Spes Scotorum, Hope of Scots:
Year
1999
Christ's Well 1904
Historic formChrist's Well Head nameChrist's Well PlaceChapel Well, aka Christ's Well, St Ninians Certainty that this name applies to this placePossible |
Saints in this place-name
Christ (certain)
Christ (ns) (certain) Although the name
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