Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Ternan's Well, settlement, Strachan
Grid reference
NO 640 937 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
364000 793700
Latitude
57.033165597339845
Longitude
-2.5932029590632024
Altitude (metres)
150
Nearby places
St Ternan's Well, well, Strachan (0 miles)
St Michael's Roman Catholic Chapel, Birse (2.25 miles)
Strachan, parish (2.3 miles)
Inchbrae, Birse (2.34 miles)
Inchmarlo, Banchory Ternan (2.63 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The house is marked as 'ruin' on OS 6 inch 1st edn.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Strachan, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Ternan's Well
Head name
St Ternan's Well
Place
St Ternan's Well, settlement, Strachan
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St Ternan's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Ternan's Well Head nameSt Ternan's Well PlaceSt Ternan's Well, settlement, Strachan 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.
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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