Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Oswald's Well, Avondale
Grid reference
NS 725 419 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
272500 641900
Latitude
55.653878270257515
Longitude
-4.026601605071412
Altitude (metres)
210
County
Lanarkshire
Nearby places
St Oswald's Chapel, Avondale (0.06 miles)
St Lawrence's Chapel, Stonehouse (1.69 miles)
St Brides, settlement, Avondale (1.71 miles)
St Laurence's Well (possible), Stonehouse (1.74 miles)
St Anne's Well, Avondale (2.02 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Close to a farm called Chapel (OS maps), which may be the site of *St Oswald's Chapel. NMRS records: 'St Oswald's Well is a stong-flowing natural spring, flowing into an iron basin at the edge of the fence.'
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Oswald's Chapel, Avondale
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Oswald's Well
Head name
St Oswald's Well
Place
St Oswald's Well, Avondale
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 Oswald's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Oswald's Well Head nameSt Oswald's Well PlaceSt Oswald's Well, Avondale 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
Oswald (ns) (certain)
Oswald king of Northumbria (certain)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
