Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St William's Well, Melrose
Grid reference
NT 548 339 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
354800 633900
Latitude
55.59662286872799
Longitude
-2.717356099147305
County
Roxburghshire
Nearby places
St Mary's Abbey, Melrose (0.12 miles)
Melrose, parish (0.19 miles)
St Dunstan's, settlement Melrose (0.2 miles)
St Cuthberts, settlement Melrose (0.22 miles)
St Dunstan's Well, Melrose (0.31 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Notes
OS Name Book states that 'this name was originally collected as "William's Well" and later amended' (cited by NMRS). For this reason, and perhaps for others, we may doubt whether the well-name originally commemorates a saint at all. For further details see NMRS.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St William's Well
Head name
St William's Well
Place
St William's Well, Melrose
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 William's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt William's Well Head nameSt William's Well PlaceSt William's Well, Melrose 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.
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