Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lady Well, Glasgow
Grid reference
NS 603 653 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
260300 665300
Latitude
55.860640492802425
Longitude
-4.232337704121112
County
Lanarkshire
Nearby places
St Mungo's Cathedral, Glasgow (0.14 miles)
Glasgow, parish (0.14 miles)
St Nicholas's Hospital, Glasgow (0.2 miles)
Lady's Yard, Glasgow (0.26 miles)
St David's Church, Ramshorn, Glasgow (0.5 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
OS 6 inch 1st edn shows Ladywell Quarry nearby. It underlies the name Wellpark, where Wellpark Brewery now stands, at the end of Ladywell Street (OS Digimap), on which the well is now found. The well-head is now capped by an urn-like sculpture.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Glasgow, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lady Well
Head name
Lady Well
Place
Lady Well, Glasgow
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
Lady Well 1874
Historic formLady Well Head nameLady Well PlaceLady Well, Glasgow Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1874 x 1874 |
Lady Well 1874
Historic formLady Well Head nameLady Well PlaceLady Well, Glasgow Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1874 x 1874 |
Author
Taylor, Simon
Source title
Iona Abbots in Scottish Place-Names
Editors
Dauvit Broun and Thomas Owen Clancy
Pages
35-70
Volume
Spes Scotorum, Hope of Scots:
Year
1999
Lady Well 1874
Historic formLady Well Head nameLady Well PlaceLady Well, Glasgow Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1874 x 1874 |
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Lady, Our Lady (certain)
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Lady, Our Lady (certain)
Place-name data
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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
