Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Glassen's Well, Rerrick
Grid reference
NX 759 469 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
275900 546900
Latitude
54.80149982061599
Longitude
-3.9308065668080316
Altitude (metres)
115
County
Kirkcudbrightshire
Nearby places
Rerrick, aka Dundrennan, parish (0.22 miles)
Port Mary, port, Rerrick (1.08 miles)
Kirkcarswell, ~eccles. Rerrick (1.42 miles)
Kirkcarswell, settlement, Rerrick (1.44 miles)
St Michael's Kirk, Kirkcudbright (3.22 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The well is covered (OS Digimap) and lies at the side of the road running north from the site of Rerrick Old Kirk, at a distance of 185 metres. This kirk was originally a chapel, erected as parish kirk only in the early eighteenth century (NMRS). Given the dedication of the well, it may have been St Glassen's Chapel, but not attestation of this has been found. It is not known where the medieval parish kirk was, though on the eve of the Reformation Dundrennan Abbey was serving as the kirk.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Glassen's Well
Head name
St Glassen's Well
Place
St Glassen's Well, Rerrick
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
St Glassen's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Glassen's Well Head nameSt Glassen's Well PlaceSt Glassen's Well, Rerrick 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
Glaisne, Glassán, Glascianus (ns) (certain)
Glascianus (maybe)
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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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