Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Baldred's Well, Whitekirk & Tyninghame
Grid reference
NT 591 844 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
359100 684400
Latitude
56.05076702473414
Longitude
-2.656717042746019
Nearby places
St Baldred's House, Whitekirk & Tyninghame (0.65 miles)
Auldhame, former parish, WTH (0.69 miles)
St Baldred's Cave, Whitekirk & Tyninghame (0.81 miles)
St Baldred's Boat, Whitekirk & Tyningham (1.34 miles)
St Mary's Church, Whitekirk (& Tyningham) (1.79 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NNRS cites OS Name Book (1853): St Baldred's Well is the more westerly of the two wells shown on the 6". It is now carefully covered over. The other well is modern. Name Book 1853. The well lies right beside the western boundary of the parish, near the farm of Auldhame.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Baldred's Well
Head name
St Baldred's Well
Place
St Baldred's Well, Whitekirk & Tyninghame
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 Baldred's Well 1854, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Baldred's Well Head nameSt Baldred's Well PlaceSt Baldred's Well, Whitekirk & Tyninghame 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
Baldred (ns) (certain)
Baldred (certain)
Place-name data
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