Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Peter's Well, Houston
Grid reference
NS 407 675 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
240700 667500
Latitude
55.87431440691091
Longitude
-4.546502757368097
Altitude (metres)
30
County
Renfrewshire
Nearby places
Kilpeter, settlement Houston (0.36 miles)
Houston, parish (0.36 miles)
St Peter's Church, Houston (0.36 miles)
Barfillan, settlement Houston (0.98 miles)
Peter's Burn, Houston (1.2 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS (Canmore ID 43125) records the well in a field on Greenhill farm. 'It is covered by a small freestone building, about 5 1/2 ft long by 4 1/2 ft wide, one of the few of its kind in Scotland.'
Relationships with other parishes
Within Houston, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Peter's Well
Head name
St Peter's Well
Place
St Peter's Well, Houston
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St Peter’s well 1791, OSA
Historic formSt Peter’s well Head nameSt Peter's Well PlaceSt Peter's Well, Houston Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, vol.1 p316 Date of citation1791 x 1791 Feature named in sourcespring |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
St Peter's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Peter's Well Head nameSt Peter's Well PlaceSt Peter's Well, Houston 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
Peter (ns) (certain)
Peter, apostle (certain)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
