Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Our Lady's Well, Stow
Grid reference
NT 455 438 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
345500 643800
Latitude
55.684624766206774
Longitude
-2.8668987727443076
Altitude (metres)
190
County
Midlothian
Nearby places
Our Lady's Chapel, Stow (0.06 miles)
St Mary of Wedale Church, Stow (0.5 miles)
Stow, parish, alias Wedale (0.5 miles)
St Ann's Bridge, Stow (0.53 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Park, Roxburghshire (4.96 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Stow, parish, alias Wedale
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Our Lady's Chapel, Stow
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Our Lady's Well
Head name
Our Lady's Well
Place
Our Lady's Well, Stow
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
Our Lady's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formOur Lady's Well Head nameOur Lady's Well PlaceOur Lady's Well, Stow 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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