Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lady Well, Premnay
Grid reference
NJ 630 270 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
363000 827000
Latitude
57.33223778548722
Longitude
-2.6146263897188033
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
Ladywell, settlement Premnay (0.26 miles)
St Drostan's Church, Insch ABD (0.71 miles)
Insch, parish ABD (0.71 miles)
St John's Chapel, Insch ABD (0.93 miles)
St James's Chapel, Premnay (1 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The existence of this well is inferred from the settlement-name Ladywell in Premnay, and the NGR given for the area around that settlement.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Premnay, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lady Well
Head name
Lady Well
Place
Lady Well, Premnay
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)
Lady, Our Lady (probable)
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 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
