Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mungo's Wells, ~well, Haddington
Grid reference
NT 490 780 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
349000 678000
Latitude
55.99229488027453
Longitude
-2.817656414778124
County
East Lothian
Nearby places
Mungoswells, settlement Haddington (0.53 miles)
St John's Chapel, Drem, Athelstaneford (1.41 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Aberlady (2.12 miles)
Aberlady, parish (2.12 miles)
Athelstaneford, parish (2.64 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The existence of this well (or wells) is implied by the settlement-name, Mungoswells (Sanctmungois Wellis in 1497). There is no evidence of the well on the ground now. It may have been on or near the boundary of the parish, beside the settlement of Mungoswells, where the road crosses the boundary, but this cannot be stated with any confidence.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Haddington, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mungo's Wells
Head name
St Mungo's Wells
Place
St Mungo's Wells, ~well, Haddington
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
Kentigern, Mungo, Mo Choe (ns) (certain)
Kentigern of Glasgow (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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