Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lady's Well, Longformacus
Grid reference
NT 687 574 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
368700 657400
Latitude
55.80888219137512
Longitude
-2.4994504574468337
Altitude (metres)
195
County
Berwickshire
Nearby places
Longformacus, parish (0.45 miles)
Cranshaws, parish (2.62 miles)
Ellem, former parish, Cranshaws (3.04 miles)
Kilpallet, settlement Whittingehame (4.08 miles)
Philipsburn House, Abbey St Bathans (4.31 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS (Canmore ID 57396) refers to it as Our Lady's Well, and cites Walker's reference to it as a holy well.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Longformacus, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lady's Well
Head name
Lady's Well
Place
Lady's Well, Longformacus
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Lady's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formLady's Well Head nameLady's Well PlaceLady's Well, Longformacus 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
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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