Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Peter's Well, Foveran
Grid reference
NJ 999 235 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
399900 823500
Latitude
57.30229520392031
Longitude
-2.001659789210045
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
Foveran, parish (1 miles)
Cowstane Hirst, Foveran (1.2 miles)
Chapel of the Holy Rood, Foveran (1.32 miles)
Forvie, former parish, Slains (2.32 miles)
St Adomnán's Church, Forvie, Slains (2.32 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
OS Name Book recalls this as 'a very fine spring strongly impregnated with iron. It is supposed to have been named by the monks of Monkshome' (cited by NMRS). OS surveyors recorded no sign of it in 1964 in what was then a ploughed field (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Foveran, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Peter's Well
Head name
St Peter's Well
Place
St Peter's Well, Foveran
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St Peter's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Peter's Well Head nameSt Peter's Well PlaceSt Peter's Well, Foveran Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1888 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
Peter (ns) (certain)
Peter, apostle (certain)
Place-name data
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