Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Peter's Well, Mouswald
Grid reference
NY 062 726 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
306200 572600
Latitude
55.03898224092082
Longitude
-3.46796634757977
Altitude (metres)
35
County
Dumfriesshire
Nearby places
Mouswald, parish (0.19 miles)
Dalton Parva, former parish, Dalton (2.08 miles)
Caerlaverock, parish aka Kirkblane DMF (3.04 miles)
Kirkblane/Kilblain, ~eccles. Caerlaverock (3.04 miles)
Kirkblane, settlement Caerlaverock (3.09 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
There is no surface evidnec of the well, which has been piped into a nearby stream (OS 1967, cited by NMRS) We have not yet found any evidence to support the NMRS record of the nearby church's having been dedicated to St Peter, which seems to have been inferred from the presence of this well. It remains a possibility.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Mouswald, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Peter's Well
Head name
St Peter's Well
Place
St Peter's Well, Mouswald
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Historic formSt Peters Head nameSt Peter's Well PlaceSt Peter's Well, Mouswald Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, vii, 294 Date of citation1793 x 1793 Feature named in sourcewell |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
St Peter's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Peter's Well Head nameSt Peter's Well PlaceSt Peter's Well, Mouswald Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 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
Peter (ns) (certain)
Peter, apostle (certain)
Place-name data
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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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