Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Peter's Wishing Well, Kilspindie
Grid reference
NO 228 276 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
322800 727600
Latitude
56.43436748794643
Longitude
-3.2520553905257605
Altitude (metres)
45
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
Rait, former parish, Kilspindie (0.5 miles)
Kinnaird, parish PER (1.07 miles)
Ladywell, settlement Kilspindie (1.12 miles)
Kilspindie, settlement Kilspindie (1.3 miles)
Kilspindie, parish (1.3 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
OS Name Book (1861) describes this as 'A beautiful spring in the garden of Fingask Castle. The tradition connected with it is that any person drinking the water and making a wish, would obtain what they desired. Above the door of the well-house is cut in the stone the following line:- Drink weary pilgrim, drink & pray and bless St. Peter's Well. Which springs unscath'd by scorching ray or frost or thawing swell.' (cited by NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kilspindie, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Peter's Wishing Well
Head name
St Peter's Wishing Well
Place
St Peter's Wishing Well, Kilspindie
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 Peter's Wishing Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Peter's Wishing Well Head nameSt Peter's Wishing Well PlaceSt Peter's Wishing Well, Kilspindie 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
Peter (ns) (certain)
Peter, apostle (certain)
Place-name data
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