Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Well, Dundee
Grid reference
NO 400 300 (general (1km))
Six-figure easting & northing
340000 730000
Latitude
56.45842910974949
Longitude
-2.9737032881983274
County
Angus
Nearby places
St Margaret's Tenement, Dundee (0 miles)
St Clement's Toft, Dundee (0 miles)
St Mary's Church, Dundee (0.09 miles)
St Andrew's R.C. Cathedral, Dundee (0.14 miles)
St Nicholas' Chapel, Dundee (0.2 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The location of the well within the burgh is not known, but it may have been close to St Mary's Church, which possibility suggests the NGR given.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dundee, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Fons Beatae Mariae
Head name
Fons Beatae Mariae
Place
St Mary's Well, Dundee
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Fontis Beate Marie 1512, RMS
Historic formFontis Beate Marie Head nameFons Beatae Mariae PlaceSt Mary's Well, Dundee Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 3718 Date of citation1512 x 1512 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
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