Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Well, Inverness & Bona
Grid reference
NH 723 452 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
272300 845200
Latitude
57.47925848910454
Longitude
-4.129995149569585
Altitude (metres)
115
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
Ladywell, settlement, Inverness & Bona (0.63 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, (ant.) Inverness & Bona (0.89 miles)
St Bridget's Chapel, eccl. Croy & Dalcross (1.97 miles)
St Columba's Chapel, Petty (2.65 miles)
Petty, parish (3 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This is a rag well, according to the OS Name Book, called after a chapel in the neighbourhood dedicated to St Mary. A circular stone building encloses the well (1878) and people come here for cures, attaching rags and threads to surrounding trees (NMRS). The use of the name Ladywell to refer to this well is implicit in the name of the nearby settlement of Ladywell, Inverness & Bona (q.v.)
Relationships with other parishes
Within Inverness & Bona
Relationships with other places
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Ladywell
Head name
Ladywell
Place
St Mary's Well, Inverness & Bona
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Probable
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this the original referent of the place?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
Yes
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Lady, Our Lady (certain)
St Mary's Well
Head name
St Mary's Well
Place
St Mary's Well, Inverness & Bona
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 Mary's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Mary's Well Head nameSt Mary's Well PlaceSt Mary's Well, Inverness & Bona 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
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (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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