Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Bay's Well, Dunbar
Grid reference
NT 677 791 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
367700 679100
Latitude
56.00380220385989
Longitude
-2.517999013781922
Altitude (metres)
5
County
East Lothian
Nearby places
Boys' Buss, Dunbar (0.22 miles)
St Bey's Church, Dunbar (0.45 miles)
Dunbar, parish (0.45 miles)
Oswald Dean, Duns (1.78 miles)
St John's Well, well, Spott (2.2 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dunbar, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Bay's Well
Head name
Bay's Well
Place
Bay's Well, Dunbar
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
S..t Bayes Well 1556
Historic formS..t Bayes Well Head nameBay's Well PlaceBay's Well, Dunbar Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1556 x 1556 |
S..t Bayes Well 1556
Historic formS..t Bayes Well Head nameBay's Well PlaceBay's Well, Dunbar Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1556 x 1556 |
Author
Taylor, Simon
Source title
Iona Abbots in Scottish Place-Names
Editors
Dauvit Broun and Thomas Owen Clancy
Pages
35-70
Volume
Spes Scotorum, Hope of Scots:
Year
1999
S..t Bayes Well 1556
Historic formS..t Bayes Well Head nameBay's Well PlaceBay's Well, Dunbar Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1556 x 1556 |
Bay's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formBay's Well Head nameBay's Well PlaceBay's Well, Dunbar 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
Begu, Bega, Baya (ns) (certain)
Begu, Bega, Baya (ns) (probable)
Begu, nun in Bede HE (maybe)
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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