Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Andrew's Well, Gartly
Grid reference
NJ 520 360 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
352000 836000
Latitude
57.412058807054805
Longitude
-2.799091220139946
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
Gartly, parish (0.76 miles)
St Andrew's Church, Gartly (0.76 miles)
Edindiack, former parish, Gartly (1.06 miles)
Huntly, modern parish (2.36 miles)
St Margaret's Chapel, Catholic, Huntly (2.59 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Geog. Coll. i, 36 (circa 1724) records: 'There is ... a well dedicated to St Andrew at Bucharn 2 miles SW from Huntly'. The NGR given corresponds to this approximate area.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Gartly, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Andrew's Well
Head name
St Andrew's Well
Place
St Andrew's Well, Gartly
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
Saints in this place-name
Andrew the apostle (certain)
Andrew the apostle (certain)
Place-name data
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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:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
