Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Comb's Well, Portsoy, Fordyce
Grid reference
NJ 592 659 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
359200 865900
Latitude
57.68134990760432
Longitude
-2.6842541227017964
Altitude (metres)
10
County
Banffshire
Nearby places
St John's Church, Episcopal, Fordyce (0.37 miles)
St Columba's Chapel, Fordyce (0.37 miles)
Fordyce, parish (2.64 miles)
St Talorgan's Church, Fordyce (2.64 miles)
St Tarquin's Well, Fordyce (2.7 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
A stone base and small hut-like cover has been built (in the nineteenth century?) over this well, which stands just outside the burial ground.
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Columba's Chapel, Fordyce
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Comb's Well
Head name
St Comb's Well
Place
St Comb's Well, Portsoy, Fordyce
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St Columba's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Columba's Well Head nameSt Comb's Well PlaceSt Comb's Well, Portsoy, Fordyce 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
Columb, Colmán, Commán, Mo Cholmóc, Mo Chommóc, Mo Chumma, Columba, Columbanus etc (ns) (certain)
Columb Cille m. Feidlimid (probable)
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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