Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Bride's Well, Abernethy/Collessie/Auchtermuchty
Grid reference
NO 236 136 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
323600 713600
Latitude
56.30873409651994
Longitude
-3.2350094527492352
Nearby places
Pitmedden, settlement Abernethy (0.84 miles)
Auchtermuchty, parish (1.26 miles)
Clements Burn, Auchtermuchty (1.56 miles)
Abdie, parish (2.29 miles)
Strathmiglo, parish (2.42 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The well appears in a description of the boundary between Lumquhat Mill (Collessie)and Whitefield (Auchtermucht), and it also lay on the southern boundary of Abernethy parish.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Abernethy, parish PER
Within Auchtermuchty, parish
Within Collessie, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Bride's Well
Head name
St Bride's Well
Place
St Bride's Well, Abernethy/Collessie/Auchtermuchty
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?
No
Sanctbrydis Well 1544, NAS
Historic formSanctbrydis Well Head nameSt Bride's Well PlaceSt Bride's Well, Abernethy/Collessie/Auchtermuchty Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceNAS, C2/29 no. 188 Date of citation1544 x 1544 |
Source code
NAS
Source title
National Archives
Historic formBrydswall Head nameSt Bride's Well PlaceSt Bride's Well, Abernethy/Collessie/Auchtermuchty Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, v no. 1946 Date of citation1591 x 1591 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Saints in this place-name
Brig, Brigit, Bride (ns) (certain)
Brigit ingen Dubthaig (of Kildare) (certain)
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