Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St George's Well, Edinburgh, St Cuthbert's
Grid reference
NT 244 740 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
324400 674000
Latitude
55.95311440843576
Longitude
-3.210849258685243
Nearby places
St Bernard's Well, Edinburgh St C. (0.12 miles)
St George's Church, Edinburgh St Cuthberts (0.12 miles)
St Bernard's Ward, Edinburgh St C. (0.25 miles)
St Bernard's Crescent, Edinburgh St C. (0.25 miles)
St John's Church, Edinburgh St C. (0.31 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The well-house was built over this spring, and the name St George given to it, inn 1810, to mark the Jubilee, or fiftieth anniversary, of the reign of George III. For further dicussion see Canmore (ID 133173).
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St George's Well
Head name
St George's Well
Place
St George's Well, Edinburgh, St Cuthbert's
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
St George's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt George's Well Head nameSt George's Well PlaceSt George's Well, Edinburgh, St Cuthbert's Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Saints in this place-name
George (ns) (certain)
George, martyr (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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