Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Christ's Well, Chrisswell, Inverkip
Grid reference
NS 227 741 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
222700 674100
Latitude
55.92726444971775
Longitude
-4.838192293009075
Altitude (metres)
50
County
Renfrewshire
Nearby places
Chrisswell, settlement Inverkip (0 miles)
Inverkip, parish (1.54 miles)
Finnock Bog, settlement Inverkip (2.56 miles)
Kilblain, ~eccles., Greenock (3.24 miles)
Kilblain, settlement, Greenock (3.24 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records (Canmore ID 41383): 'The well, connected with Christwell Chapel (NS27SW 3) is still in use at Chrisswell farm (NS 227 741)' A chapel is recorded as having been founded at Christ's Well in the reign of Robert III (1390-1406) (RMS i, app. 2, no. 1848).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Christ's Well
Head name
Christ's Well
Place
Christ's Well, Chrisswell, Inverkip
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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
Christiswell 1390, RMS
Historic formChristiswell Head nameChrist's Well PlaceChrist's Well, Chrisswell, Inverkip Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, i, app. 2, no. 1848 A Date of citation1390 x 1406 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Chrystswell 1390, RMS
Historic formChrystswell Head nameChrist's Well PlaceChrist's Well, Chrisswell, Inverkip Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, i, app. 2, no. 1848 B Date of citation1390 x 1406 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Saints in this place-name
Christ (ns) (certain)
Christ (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of Chrisswell, Chrisswell, settlement Inverkip
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