Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lady Well, well, Legerwood
Grid reference
NT 584 432 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
358400 643200
Latitude
55.68051059139027
Longitude
-2.661632927365711
Altitude (metres)
185
County
Berwickshire
Nearby places
Ladywell, settlement Legerwood (0 miles)
Legerwood, parish (0.63 miles)
St Leonard's, ~eccles. & ~hospital, Lauder (2.47 miles)
St Leonards Mill, Lauder (2.5 miles)
St Leonards, settlement Lauder (2.5 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Legerwood, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lady Well
Head name
Lady Well
Place
Lady Well, well, Legerwood
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Lady Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formLady Well Head nameLady Well PlaceLady Well, well, Legerwood Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Feature named in sourcewell 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
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (maybe)
Lady, Our Lady (maybe)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of Ladywell, Ladywell, settlement Legerwood
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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