Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Well, Ladykirk
Grid reference
NT 886 465 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
388600 646500
Latitude
55.71181368776181
Longitude
-2.181456456662318
Altitude (metres)
30
County
Berwickshire
Nearby places
Wester Upsetlington, former parish, Ladykirk (0.48 miles)
Ladykirk, ~eccles. Ladykirk LKK (BWK) (0.69 miles)
Ladykirk, settlement Ladykirk BWK (0.69 miles)
Ladykirk, parish aka E. Upsettlington (0.69 miles)
St Leonard's Hospital, Ladykirk (0.96 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
OS Name Book records this as 'an ancient well now covered in and the water conducted through pipes underground to supply Ladykirk House' (NMRS, q.v. for further information).
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mary's Well
Head name
St Mary's Well
Place
St Mary's Well, Ladykirk
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 Mary's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Mary's Well Head nameSt Mary's Well PlaceSt Mary's Well, Ladykirk 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)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
