Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Irnie's Well, Kilrenny
Grid reference
NO 576 048 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
357600 704800
Latitude
56.233928595454906
Longitude
-2.6840475197998996
Altitude (metres)
25
County
Fife
Nearby places
Kilrenny, eccles. Kilrenny (0.06 miles)
Kilrenny, parish (0.06 miles)
Kilrenny, settlement Kilrenny (0.06 miles)
Rennyhill, Kilrenny (0.32 miles)
Anstruther Easter, parish (0.92 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
At the edge of the kirkyard of Kilrenny, and on the west side of the Kilrenny Burn.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kilrenny, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Kilrenny, eccles. Kilrenny
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Irnie's Well
Head name
St Irnie's Well
Place
St Irnie's Well, Kilrenny
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 Irnie's Well 1894, OS 1: 2,500
Historic formSt Irnie's Well Head nameSt Irnie's Well PlaceSt Irnie's Well, Kilrenny Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 1: 2,500 Notes on the context of this place-nameThis series of maps goes through several editions and revisions over time. References to these maps will give dates to identify which version of the map is being referred to. |
Source code
OS 1: 2,500
Source title
Ordnance Survey Map, 1:2,500 scale
Notes
This series of maps goes through several editions and revisions over time. References to these maps will give dates to identify which version of the map is being referred to.
St Irnie's Well 1914, OS 1: 2,500
Historic formSt Irnie's Well Head nameSt Irnie's Well PlaceSt Irnie's Well, Kilrenny Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 1: 2,500 Notes on the context of this place-nameThis series of maps goes through several editions and revisions over time. References to these maps will give dates to identify which version of the map is being referred to. |
Source code
OS 1: 2,500
Source title
Ordnance Survey Map, 1:2,500 scale
Notes
This series of maps goes through several editions and revisions over time. References to these maps will give dates to identify which version of the map is being referred to.
Place-name data
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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
