Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Anne's Well, Avondale
Grid reference
NS 703 443 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
270300 644300
Latitude
55.674849074925824
Longitude
-4.062678930143924
County
Lanarkshire
Nearby places
Avondale, parish, aka Strathaven (0.12 miles)
St Mary's Church, Avondale (0.12 miles)
Maiden Burn, Avondale (1.17 miles)
St Brides, settlement, Avondale (1.89 miles)
St Oswald's Well, Avondale (2.02 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The OS 1864 map shows the site of the former St Mary's Chapel, 112 metres north of the well.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Anne's Well
Head name
St Anne's Well
Place
St Anne's Well, Avondale
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 Anne's Well 1864, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Anne's Well Head nameSt Anne's Well PlaceSt Anne's Well, Avondale Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1864 x 1864 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
Anne (ns) (certain)
Anne, mother of Mary (certain)
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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Satellite map with labels:
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
