Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St John's Well, well, Spott
Grid reference
NT 672 756 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
367200 675600
Latitude
55.97231940266612
Longitude
-2.525590397572824
Altitude (metres)
70
County
East Lothian
Nearby places
Spott, modern parish (0.09 miles)
Oswald Dean, Duns (1.19 miles)
St Bey's Church, Dunbar (1.88 miles)
Dunbar, parish (1.88 miles)
Stenton, modern parish, aka Pitcox (1.94 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
It lies close to the chapel of Spott, which became a parish church after the Reformation.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St John's Well
Head name
St John's Well
Place
St John's Well, well, Spott
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 John's Well 1793, OSA
Historic formSt John's Well Head nameSt John's Well PlaceSt John's Well, well, Spott Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, vol. 5 p455 Date of citation1793 x 1793 Feature named in sourcewell |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
St John's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt John's Well Head nameSt John's Well PlaceSt John's Well, well, Spott 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
John (ns) (certain)
John the Apostle or Evangelist (maybe)
John the Baptist (maybe)
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
