Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Bathan's Well, Abbey St Bathans
Grid reference
NT 760 620 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
376000 662000
Latitude
55.85063470021487
Longitude
-2.383374932123256
County
Berwickshire
Nearby places
St Bathan's Church, Abbey St Bathans (0.18 miles)
Abbey St Bathans, parish (0.18 miles)
St Bathan's Chapel, Abbey St Bathans (0.19 miles)
Strafontein, former parish, Abbey St Bathans (0.93 miles)
Philip Burn, Abbey St Bathans/Oldhamstocks (1.95 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS cites OS Name Book (1857) for information that this was a heealing well. The water flows into a red granite basin under a canopy inscribed 'Deus in adjuorium meum intende' (O God, come to my aid). It was still in use in 1954, but disused in 1966.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Abbey St Bathans, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Bathan's Chapel, Abbey St Bathans
Adjacent St Bathan's Church, Abbey St Bathans
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Bathan's Well
Head name
St Bathan's Well
Place
St Bathan's Well, Abbey St Bathans
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 Bathan's Well 1791, OSA
Historic formSt Bathan's Well Head nameSt Bathan's Well PlaceSt Bathan's Well, Abbey St Bathans Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, xii, 65 Date of citation1791 x 1799 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
St Bathan's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Bathan's Well Head nameSt Bathan's Well PlaceSt Bathan's Well, Abbey St Bathans 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
Báeth, Báetán, Báithíne, Mo Báe (ns) (certain)
Báithíne m. Brénaínn of Iona (certain)
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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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