Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Well, Oathlaw
Grid reference
NO 477 543 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
347700 754300
Latitude
56.67765569484497
Longitude
-2.8536645660683453
Altitude (metres)
140
County
Angus
Nearby places
Forfar, parish (formerly Restenneth) (1.75 miles)
St Peter's Church, Forfar (1.75 miles)
Eglispeder, settlement Forfar (2.06 miles)
Oathlaw, parish, aka Finavon (2.11 miles)
St Ernan's Church, Tannadice (2.3 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
It lies 120 m north of the parish boundary, on the side of a path called Gallow Path (OS Digimap). The well is not named on modern maps.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Oathlaw, parish, aka Finavon
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mary's Well
Head name
St Mary's Well
Place
St Mary's Well, Oathlaw
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 Mary's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Mary's Well Head nameSt Mary's Well PlaceSt Mary's Well, Oathlaw 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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Satellite map with labels:
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
