Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Mary Well, Lumphanan
Grid reference
NJ 560 030 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
356000 803000
Latitude
57.116018207783284
Longitude
-2.7266461758699876
Nearby places
Marywell, settlement, Lumphanan (0.32 miles)
Lumphanan, eccles., St Finan's, Lumphanan (1.28 miles)
Lumphanan, parish (1.28 miles)
Aboyne, former parish, Aboyne & Glentannar (2.15 miles)
Skeulan Well, Aboyne, Aboyne & Glentannar (2.68 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The existence of this well is inferred from the settlement name, Marywell, Lumphanan.
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Marywell, settlement, Lumphanan
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Mary Well
Head name
Mary Well
Place
Mary Well, Lumphanan
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)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (probable)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of Marywell, Marywell, settlement, Lumphanan
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
Map Layers
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Satellite map:
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Satellite map with labels:
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
