Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Tarquin's Well, Fordyce
Grid reference
NJ 555 636 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
355500 863600
Latitude
57.660339330238145
Longitude
-2.7458765261580225
Altitude (metres)
60
County
Banffshire
Nearby places
Fordyce, parish (0.12 miles)
St Talorgan's Church, Fordyce (0.12 miles)
St John's Church, Episcopal, Fordyce (2.39 miles)
St Columba's Chapel, Fordyce (2.39 miles)
St Comb's Well, Portsoy, Fordyce (2.7 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Recorded under this name, from the report of a gravedigger, by NMRS (Canmore ID 17970). It lies a little to the west of the modern street called St Tarquins Place (OS Digimap).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Fordyce, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Talorgan's Church, Fordyce
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Tarquin's Well
Head name
St Tarquin's Well
Place
St Tarquin's Well, Fordyce
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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 Tarkin's Well 1926, Watson 1926
Historic formSt Tarkin's Well Head nameSt Tarquin's Well PlaceSt Tarquin's Well, Fordyce Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceWatson 1926, 298 Date of citation1926 x 1926 |
Source code
Watson 1926
Author
W. J. Watson
Source title
The History of the Celtic Place-Names of Scotland
Year
1926
Saints in this place-name
Talorcan (ns) (certain)
Talorcan (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Same specific as Ecclesia Sancti Talaricani, St Talorgan's Church, Fordyce
Place-name data
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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