Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Leonard's Well, Dunfermline
Grid reference
NT 097 866 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
309700 686600
Latitude
56.06376099860559
Longitude
-3.4504495752444213
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Leonard's Hospital, Dunfermline (0 miles)
St Leonard's Place, Dunfermline (0.12 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Dunfermline (0.39 miles)
Lady's Mill, Dunfermline (0.45 miles)
Dunfermline Abbey, Trinity, Dunfermline (0.62 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
It is shown on OS 6 inch 1st edn (1856) beside 'St Leonard's Factory'. Neither well nor factory survives.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dunfermline, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Leonard's Hospital, Dunfermline
Adjacent St Leonard's Place, Dunfermline
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Leonard's Well
Head name
St Leonard's Well
Place
St Leonard's Well, Dunfermline
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 Leonard's Well 1856, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Leonard's Well Head nameSt Leonard's Well PlaceSt Leonard's Well, Dunfermline 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
Leonard (ns) (certain)
Leonard of Noblac (certain)
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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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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