Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Well, ~well, Turriff
Grid reference
NJ 720 450 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
372000 845000
Latitude
57.494580446270255
Longitude
-2.4671834608416012
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
St Mary's Well, settlement, Turriff (0.55 miles)
Thomastown, Auchterless (1.26 miles)
Maryfield Cottage, Turriff (1.37 miles)
St Mary's Well, Auchterless (1.55 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Auchterless (1.57 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The existence of a well here called St Mary's Well is inferred from the settlement name nearby, St Mary's Well, which is assumed to have been named after a well.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Turriff, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mary's Well
Head name
St Mary's Well
Place
St Mary's Well, ~well, Turriff
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?
Yes
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of St Mary's Well, St Mary's Well, settlement, Turriff
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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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:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
