Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Oswald's Well, Gordon
Grid reference
NT 640 430 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
364000 643000
Latitude
55.67916107153225
Longitude
-2.5725460815181793
County
Berwickshire
Nearby places
Gordon, parish (0.26 miles)
St Michael's Church, Gordon (0.26 miles)
Westruther, parish, aka Bassendean WRR (1.79 miles)
Legerwood, parish (2.86 miles)
Ladywell, settlement Legerwood (3.47 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Notes
The NGR reflects proximity to the 'villa' of Gordon, as in Kelso Liber no. 121, and also proximity to Hereford (Burn) which may be a corruption of the same charter's 'Fairforde'.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Gordon, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Fons Sancti Oswaldi
Head name
Fons Sancti Oswaldi
Place
St Oswald's Well, Gordon
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
fonte sancti Oswaldi 1230, Kel. Lib.
Historic formfonte sancti Oswaldi Head nameFons Sancti Oswaldi PlaceSt Oswald's Well, Gordon Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceKel. Lib., p89 no. 121 Date of citation1230 x 1260 Feature named in sourcewell After nameHarewelle |
Source code
Kel. Lib.
Source title
Liber S. Marie de Calchou
Series
Bannatyne Club
Volume
2
Year
1846
Saints in this place-name
Oswald (ns) (certain)
Oswald king of Northumbria (certain)
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