Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Our Lady of Loretto Well, Inveresk
Grid reference
NT 349 729 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
334900 672900
Latitude
55.9447689921401
Longitude
-3.042444023542998
County
Midlothian
Nearby places
Our Lady of Loretto, eccles. Inveresk (0 miles)
St Michael's Well, Inveresk (0.61 miles)
Catherine Lodge, Inveresk (0.62 miles)
Inveresk, parish (0.64 miles)
St Michael's Church, Inveresk (0.64 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This well is assicated with a hermitage and chapel. NMRS records: 'before the Reformation [it] was one of the most famous wells in Scotland with a range of miraculous cures which attracted many pilgrims' (R Morris and F Morris 1982).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Inveresk, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Our Lady of Loretto Well
Head name
Our Lady of Loretto Well
Place
Our Lady of Loretto Well, Inveresk
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary of Loreto (certain)
Place-name data
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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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