Saints in Scottish Place-Names

St Connel's Well, Neilston

Grid reference

NS 493 588 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

249300 658800

Latitude

55.79897107119659

Longitude

-4.404339822279149

Altitude (metres)

65

County

Renfrewshire

Nearby places

St Connel's Chapel, Neilston (0 miles)

Neilston, parish (1.23 miles)

St George's Church, Paisley (3.12 miles)

St Mirren's Burn, Paisley (3.16 miles)

St Ninian's Cross, Paisley (3.2 miles)

Object Classification

Antiquity

Water

Is linear feature?

No

Notes

NMRS records a tradition of this as a holy well, dedicated to Connell, Conval or Conual. It is lined with rubble masonry. Note that in 1504 Capella Sancti Conalli is said to be situtated in Paisley parish. This might suggest that the adjacent well was in Paisley parish too, and that the medieval parish boundary between Paisley and Neilston (in which both now lie) was the Levern Water, on whose NW side (i.e. the Paisley side) both chapel and well lie.

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Relationships with other parishes

Within Neilston, parish

Within Paisley, parish (formerly)

Relationships with other places

Adjacent St Connel's Chapel, Neilston

Names

St Connel's Well

St Connel's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.

Saints in this place-name

Conall, Conual, Conval, Cynfal (ns) (certain)

Conval of Eastwood (maybe)

Conval of Inchinnan (maybe)

Relationships with other place names

Same specific as Capella Sancti Conalli, St Connel's Chapel, Neilston