Saints in Scottish Place-Names
Funded by a Leverhulme Trust Project Grant
St Ann's Well, Ceres
Grid reference
NO 399 110 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
339900 711000
Latitude
56.28772208190824
Longitude
-2.970975215800088
Altitude (metres)
80
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Ann's Bleachfield, Ceres (0.18 miles)
Ceres, parish (0.43 miles)
Clockmadron, settlement Largo (2.25 miles)
St Catherine's Haugh, Cupar (2.46 miles)
St Michael's Church, Tarvit, Cupar (2.5 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The building beside it on OS Digimap is St Ann's Cottage.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Ceres, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Ann's Bleachfield, Ceres
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Ann's Well
Head name
St Ann's Well
Place
St Ann's Well, Ceres
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 Anns Wells 1775, Ainslie/Fife
Historic formSt Anns Wells Head nameSt Ann's Well PlaceSt Ann's Well, Ceres Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAinslie/Fife |
Source code
Ainslie/Fife
Author
J. Ainslie
Source title
The Counties of Fife and Kinross
Year
1775
St Ann's Well 1855, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Ann's Well Head nameSt Ann's Well PlaceSt Ann's Well, Ceres Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. 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
Anne (ns) (certain)
Anne, mother of Mary (certain)
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
Map Layers
The map interface was produced using the Leaflet.js library. Attribution for the base layers is as follows:
Default map:
Tiles © Esri — Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, TomTom, Intermap, iPC, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN, GeoBase, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), and the GIS User Community
Satellite map:
Tiles © Esri — Source: Esri, i-cubed, USDA, USGS, AEX, GeoEye, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, UPR-EGP, and the GIS User Community
Satellite map with labels:
Base map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA, Imagery © Mapbox
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
