Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Patrick's Well, Maybole
Grid reference
NS 246 125 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
224600 612500
Latitude
55.375062907550145
Longitude
-4.768500942562756
County
Ayrshire
Nearby places
Kirkbride, settlement, Kirkbride, Maybole (1.78 miles)
Lady Well, Thomaston, Kirkoswald (1.88 miles)
Sennyglens-crosse, Maybole (2.13 miles)
Kirkbride, eccles. Maybole (2.33 miles)
Kirkbride, former parish, Maybole (Carrick) (2.33 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
OSNB Ayrshire, vol. 46, p. 58 says: " A small spring of cool, clean water from a bed of sandstone. The origin of the name is altogether uncertain."
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kirkbride, former parish, Maybole (Carrick)
Within Maybole, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Patrick's Well
Head name
St Patrick's Well
Place
St Patrick's Well, Maybole
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 Patrick's Well 1856, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Patrick's Well Head nameSt Patrick's Well PlaceSt Patrick's Well, Maybole Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1856 x 1856 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
Pátraic, Patrick (ns) (certain)
Pátraic m. Calprainn of Ireland (certain)
Place-name data
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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