Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Ladywell, settlement Little Dunkeld
Grid reference
NO 020 417 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
302000 741700
Latitude
56.557146686798774
Longitude
-3.5945709527745664
Altitude (metres)
90
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
Lady Well, Little Dunkeld (0.43 miles)
Dunkeld - St Columba, former parish, DDA (0.53 miles)
Church of the Holy Trinity, Dunkeld DDA (0.53 miles)
St Adamnan's Cottage, Dunkeld & Dowally (0.53 miles)
Dunkeld Holy Trinity, former psh. DDA (0.53 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
OS 6 inch 1st edn. also shows Ladywell Park, and Ladywell Cottage nearby. OS Digimap shows Ladywell Cottage, Ladywell Mill, Ladywell Plantation, all names which probably contain Ladywell (settlement) rather than Lady Well (well).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ladywell
Head name
Ladywell
Place
Ladywell, settlement Little Dunkeld
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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Ladywell 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formLadywell Head nameLadywell PlaceLadywell, settlement Little Dunkeld 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.
Relationships with other place names
Derives from Lady Well, Lady Well, Little Dunkeld
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
