Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Andrew's Well, Scoonie
Grid reference
NO 382 070 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
338200 707000
Latitude
56.251567742419326
Longitude
-2.9975001494109077
Altitude (metres)
160
County
Fife
Nearby places
Annfield, settlement Largo (1.05 miles)
St Ann's Bleachfield, Ceres (2.54 miles)
Ladysknowe, settlement Largo (2.63 miles)
St Ann's Well, Ceres (2.7 miles)
Cults, parish (2.78 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
It lies on a northern corner of Scoonie parish, and may have acquired its name because it lay near one of the main pilgrimage routes from the south-west to St Andrews (Taylor & Márkus ii, 526).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Scoonie, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Andrew's Well
Head name
St Andrew's Well
Place
St Andrew's Well, Scoonie
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
St Andrew's Well 1892, OS 6 inch second edn.
Historic formSt Andrew's Well Head nameSt Andrew's Well PlaceSt Andrew's Well, Scoonie Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch second edn. Date of citation1892 x 1905 |
Source code
OS 6 inch second edn.
Source title
OS 6 inch second edition
Saints in this place-name
Andrew (ns) (certain)
Andrew the apostle (certain)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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