Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Winnings Well, Kilwinning
Grid reference
NS 298 430 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
229800 643000
Latitude
55.650676432594416
Longitude
-4.705253813998268
Altitude (metres)
15
County
Ayrshire
Nearby places
Kilwinning, parish (0.33 miles)
Kilwinning, eccles. Kilwinning (0.33 miles)
Cockenzie, settlement Dalry (1.94 miles)
Stevenston, parish (2.06 miles)
St Monk's Church, Stevenston (2.06 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
See NMRS for dteails, including its being 'celebrated for its virtues'. Note that though the well has disappeared, its site is at the south end of a residential street which is now called St Winning's Well (OS Digimap).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kilwinning, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Winnings Well
Head name
St Winnings Well
Place
St Winnings Well, Kilwinning
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
St Winnings Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Winnings Well Head nameSt Winnings Well PlaceSt Winnings Well, Kilwinning 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
Findbarr, Bairrfind, Bairre, Uinniau, Finnén etc (ns) (certain)
Finnian m. Cairpre of Moville (probable)
Finnian m. Findloga of Clonard (probable)
Bairre m. Amairgin of Cork (probable)
