Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lady Well, Dundee
Grid reference
NO 402 307 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
340200 730700
Latitude
56.464743171773335
Longitude
-2.970618530382656
County
Angus
Nearby places
St Roque's Chapel, Dundee (0.31 miles)
St Clement's Church, Dundee (0.32 miles)
Dundee, parish (0.32 miles)
St Mary's Church, Dundee (0.38 miles)
St Mary's Well, Dundee (0.45 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The well appears as 'The Well of the Blessed Marie de Dundee', later known as the Lady Well. Ladywell Lane is situated nearby. It is referred to in a contract of 1409, and was an important water supply for the town(NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dundee, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lady Well
Head name
Lady Well
Place
Lady Well, Dundee
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
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?
No
Historic formLady Well Head nameLady Well PlaceLady Well, Dundee Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, viii, 202 Date of citation1793 x 1793 Feature named in sourcewell |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Lady, Our Lady (certain)
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:
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