Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St John's Well, Inverkeithing
Grid reference
NT 130 831 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
313000 683100
Latitude
56.03293182742555
Longitude
-3.3963248402555135
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Heriots Well, Inverkeithing (0.12 miles)
St Peter's Church, Inverkeithing (0.12 miles)
Inverkeithing, parish (0.12 miles)
St David's Harbour, Dalgety (1.08 miles)
St Davids, settlement Dalgety (1.18 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records: 'St John's Well, which formerly existed at the E end of the Leek Yard, on the W side of Chapel Place, Inverkeithing, apparently owed its name to the adjoining Temple possessions of the Knights of St John. W Stephen 1921.' There are no structural remains surviving.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Inverkeithing, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St John's Well
Head name
St John's Well
Place
St John's Well, Inverkeithing
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 John's Well 1856, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt John's Well Head nameSt John's Well PlaceSt John's Well, Inverkeithing 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
John (ns) (certain)
John the Baptist (probable) adjacent to Temple lands of Knights of St John.
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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