Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Patrick's Well, Kirkpatrick Durham
Grid reference
NX 791 711 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
279100 571100
Latitude
55.019657532079954
Longitude
-3.891216724184245
Altitude (metres)
120
County
Kirkcudbrightshire
Nearby places
Kirkpatrick Durham, settlement KDM (0.61 miles)
Kirkpatrick, eccles. Kirkpatrick Durham (0.81 miles)
Kirkpatrick Durham, parish KDM (0.81 miles)
Maryfield, settlement, Kirkpatrick Durham (1.08 miles)
Garmartin, settlement, Urr (1.37 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Shown in Gothic script on OS 6 inch map (1st edn). It stands near what is marked as a 'Kirkyard' on OS 6 inch maps, and to the east of Loch Patrick. OS Name Book (1850) recorded its recent use as a place sought out for cures for 'all sorts of diseases', and rags left as offerings. Nothing remains at the site now (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Patrick's Well
Head name
St Patrick's Well
Place
St Patrick's Well, Kirkpatrick Durham
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
St Patrick's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Patrick's Well Head nameSt Patrick's Well PlaceSt Patrick's Well, Kirkpatrick Durham 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.
St Patrick's Well 1892, OS 6 inch second edn.
Historic formSt Patrick's Well Head nameSt Patrick's Well PlaceSt Patrick's Well, Kirkpatrick Durham Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch second edn. Date of citation1892 x 1905 |
Source code
OS 6 inch second edn.
Source title
OS 6 inch second edition
Saints in this place-name
Pátraic, Patrick (ns) (certain)
Pátraic m. Calprainn of Ireland (certain)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
