Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lady Well, ~well, Kirkbean
Grid reference
NX 981 586 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
298100 558600
Latitude
54.91161490850086
Longitude
-3.5897013929582977
Altitude (metres)
15
County
Kirkcudbrightshire
Nearby places
Ladywell, settlement, Kirkbean (0.06 miles)
Kirkbean, eccles. Kirkbean (0.39 miles)
Kirkbean, parish (0.39 miles)
Kirkbean, settlement, Kirkbean (0.39 miles)
Ladyland, settlement, Kirkbean (1.3 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The existence of Lady Well is inferred from the settlelment-name Ladywell, Kirkbean. There is a well shown beside the house of Ladywell on OS 6 inch 1st edn, and this gives the NGR for Lady Well.
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Ladywell, settlement, Kirkbean
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lady Well
Head name
Lady Well
Place
Lady Well, ~well, Kirkbean
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?
Yes
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 Ladywell, Ladywell, settlement, Kirkbean
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:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
