Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Anthony's Well, Edinburgh Canongate
Grid reference
NT 275 736 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
327500 673600
Latitude
55.949998563926925
Longitude
-3.1611021828089
Altitude (metres)
60
County
Midlothian
Nearby places
St Anthony's Cave, Edinburgh Canongate (0.06 miles)
St Anthony's Chapel, Edinburgh Canongate (0.06 miles)
St Margaret's Loch, Edinburgh (0.12 miles)
St Margaret's Well, Edinburgh Canongate (0.26 miles)
Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh (0.42 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The 1623 reference refers to a washing house beside the well, suggesting that any cultic use it had before the Reformation had been displaced by more mundane uses.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Canongate, parish Edinburgh
Within Canongate, parish Edinburgh
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Anthony's Cave, Edinburgh Canongate
Adjacent St Anthony's Chapel, Edinburgh Canongate
Adjacent St Margaret's Loch, Edinburgh
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Anthony's Well
Head name
St Anthony's Well
Place
St Anthony's Well, Edinburgh Canongate
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
Sanct Antones Well 1623, Accounts of the Master of Works
Historic formSanct Antones Well Head nameSt Anthony's Well PlaceSt Anthony's Well, Edinburgh Canongate Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAccounts of the Master of Works, ii, 154 Date of citation1623 x 1623 |
Source code
Accounts of the Master of Works
Source title
Accounts of the Master of Works for building and repairing royal palaces and castles
St Anthony's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Anthony's Well Head nameSt Anthony's Well PlaceSt Anthony's Well, Edinburgh Canongate Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 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
Anthony (ns) (certain)
Anthony of Egypt (certain)
Place-name data
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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
