Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Our Lady's Well, Liberton
Grid reference
NT 275 696 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
327500 669600
Latitude
55.91406254010853
Longitude
-3.1600278867727787
County
Midlothian
Nearby places
Liberton, parish (0.12 miles)
St Catherine's Chapel, Liberton (0.77 miles)
St Catherine's Well, Liberton (0.82 miles)
St Giles's Grange, Edinburgh (1.59 miles)
St Catherine's Nunnery, Edinb. St Cuthberts (1.76 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records (Canmore ID 51720) that this well is sometimes called the Christening Well, and that it is supposed to have been connected to the parish kirk.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Liberton, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Our Lady's Well
Head name
Our Lady's Well
Place
Our Lady's Well, Liberton
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Our Lady's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formOur Lady's Well Head nameOur Lady's Well PlaceOur Lady's Well, Liberton Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 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) (certain)
Lady, Our Lady (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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