Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lady Wells, ~wells, Middlebie
Grid reference
NY 220 768 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
322000 576800
Latitude
55.07944994332102
Longitude
-3.221914943393778
County
Dumfriesshire
Nearby places
Middlebie, parish (0.57 miles)
Ladywells, settlement, Middlebie (0.64 miles)
Pennersaughs, former parish, Middlebie (1.75 miles)
Kirkconnel, settlement XKQ, Kirkp.Fleming (2.03 miles)
Kirkconnel Hall, settlement, Hoddom (2.05 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR given is for the settlement of Ladywells, Middlebie. The existence of a well or wells called Lady Well(s) is inferred from the settlement name. There is a spring or well 140 metres NW of the house.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Middlebie, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lady Wells
Head name
Lady Wells
Place
Lady Wells, ~wells, Middlebie
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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
Yes
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (probable)
Lady, Our Lady (probable)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of Ladywells, Ladywells, settlement, Middlebie
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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Satellite map with labels:
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
