Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Heriots Well, Inverkeithing
Grid reference
NT 130 829 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
313000 682900
Latitude
56.03113522055785
Longitude
-3.39625997384008
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Peter's Church, Inverkeithing (0 miles)
Inverkeithing, parish (0 miles)
St John's Well, Inverkeithing (0.12 miles)
St David's Harbour, Dalgety (1.04 miles)
St Davids, settlement Dalgety (1.14 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records the site of the well and records of it from the sixteenth century. It is presumably related, in terms of local cult, to the cult implicity in 'Sanct-Terottis-landis' (1611) and 'the chapel of St Theoret' (1782), in Dalgety parish nearby, for which see Taylor with Márkus i, 257.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Inverkeithing, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Peter's Church, Inverkeithing
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Heriot's Well
Head name
St Heriot's Well
Place
St Heriots 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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 Heriot's Well 1854, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Heriot's Well Head nameSt Heriot's Well PlaceSt Heriots 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.
Place-name data
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