Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Mary's Pool, Buittle/Urr
Grid reference
NX 826 603 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
282600 560300
Latitude
54.92348310007451
Longitude
-3.832076013432734
Altitude (metres)
5
County
Kirkcudbrightshire
Nearby places
St Peter's Church, modern, Dalbeattie, Urr (0.61 miles)
St Colman Elo's Church, eccles. Buittle (1.22 miles)
Buittle, parish (1.22 miles)
Maidenholm, Urr (1.24 miles)
Kirkennan, settlement, Buittle (1.43 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This is a pool in the Urr Water, which here forms the boundary between Buittle and Urr parishes.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Buittle, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Mary's Pool
Head name
Mary's Pool
Place
Mary's Pool, Buittle/Urr
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Mary's Pool 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formMary's Pool Head nameMary's Pool PlaceMary's Pool, Buittle/Urr 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.
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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