Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Cuthbert's Well, Stenton
Grid reference
NT 630 760 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
363000 676000
Latitude
55.97560824090728
Longitude
-2.592942756603535
County
East Lothian
Nearby places
Stenton, modern parish, aka Pitcox (0.84 miles)
Rood Well, Dunbar, Stenton (1.08 miles)
St Baldred's Church, Whitekirk & Tyninghame (2.34 miles)
Whittingehame, parish (2.36 miles)
Tyninghame, former parish, WTH (2.4 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The name appears (fonte Sancti Cuthberti) in a charter describing the perambulation of the boundary of land granted to Melrose Abbey. The approximate NGR given is inferred from other aspects of the perambulation (Melrose Liber no. 48).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dunbar, parish (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Fons Sancti Cuthberti
Head name
Fons Sancti Cuthberti
Place
St Cuthbert's Well, Stenton
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
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
fonte Sancti Cuthberti 1207, Melrose Liber
Historic formfonte Sancti Cuthberti Head nameFons Sancti Cuthberti PlaceSt Cuthbert's Well, Stenton Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceMelrose Liber, no. 48 Date of citation1207 x 1213 Feature named in sourcewell |
Source code
Melrose Liber
Source title
Liber Sancte Marie de Melros
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1837
Saints in this place-name
Cuthbert (ns) (certain)
Cuthbert of Melrose (certain)
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