Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Bride's Well, Lesmahagow
Grid reference
NS 809 390 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
280900 639000
Latitude
55.62996377402259
Longitude
-3.891912671837578
County
Lanarkshire
Nearby places
Lesmahagow, parish (0.59 miles)
Lesmahagow, eccles. Lesmahagow (0.59 miles)
Lesmahagow, settlement (0.59 miles)
Johnshill, settlement Lesmahagow (1.26 miles)
Nemphlar, former parish, Lanark (4.45 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Lesmahagow, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Bride's Well
Head name
St Bride's Well
Place
St Bride's Well, Lesmahagow
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Saints in this place-name
Brig, Brigit, Bride (ns) (certain)
Brigit ingen Dubthaig (of Kildare) (certain)
Place-name data
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Map Layers
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Satellite map:
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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
