Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Nicholas's Well, Prestwick
Grid reference
NS 350 264 (general (1km))
Six-figure easting & northing
235000 626400
Latitude
55.50345160510653
Longitude
-4.612779928201943
Nearby places
Prestwick St Nicholas, parish (burgh) (0 miles)
St Nicholas's Church, Prestwick (0 miles)
St Cuthbert's Parish Church, Prestwick (0.42 miles)
St Nicholas Parish Church, Prestwick (0.56 miles)
Monkton & Prestwick, parish (0.87 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS notes (Canmore ID 41676): "Some of the earlier entries in Prestwick burgh records mention a St Nicholas's Well, and there is still the Lady Well (not now in use) behind the Kirk knoll. (Prestwick parish church, dedicated to St Nicholas, stands on a mound at NS 350 264: see NS32NE 4). K Hewat 1908. The site of the well is not known, and the NGR given is one for general proximity to the church.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Nicholas's Well
Head name
St Nicholas's Well
Place
St Nicholas's Well, Prestwick
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Saints in this place-name
Nicholas (ns) (certain)
Nicholas, bishop of Myra (certain)