Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St John's Well, Portmoak
Grid reference
NO 196 022 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
319600 702200
Latitude
56.20566570425846
Longitude
-3.2961851554085873
County
Kinross-shire
Nearby places
St Thomas's Hospital, Portmoak (0.76 miles)
St Mary's Church, Scotlandwell, Portmoak (0.81 miles)
Portmoak, settlement Portmoak (1.67 miles)
Portmoak, parish, aka Kirkness (1.67 miles)
Portmoak, eccles. Portmoak (1.67 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The well lies 'in the north-west corner of the most north-westerly field on the farm of West Bowhouse. It has been built up with brick and concrete as a water supply, presumably for West Bowhouse. OS 6 inch 1st edn shows ‘Springs’ on the boundary itself a few metres north of the present well. ... Immediately south of this well there is a deep-dug, v-shaped ditch which runs c.100 metres due south, forming a march between Arnot and Kinneston. The burn which had been forming the march swings away to the north-west a few metres south of where the ditch begins.' (Place-Names of Kinross-shire, forthcoming)
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St John's Well
Head name
St John's Well
Place
St John's Well, Portmoak
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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
Ester Vele of Sanctionhnis 1389, NAS
Historic formEster Vele of Sanctionhnis Head nameSt John's Well PlaceSt John's Well, Portmoak Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceNAS, GD 150/263 fo. 32v. Date of citation1389 x 1389 |
Source code
NAS
Source title
National Archives
Sanctiohnis Vell 1586, NAS
Historic formSanctiohnis Vell Head nameSt John's Well PlaceSt John's Well, Portmoak Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceNAS, GD 150/263 fo. 33r Date of citation1586 x 1586 |
Source code
NAS
Source title
National Archives
Saints in this place-name
John (ns) (certain)
John the Apostle or Evangelist (maybe)
John the Baptist (maybe)
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