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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
LADY'S WELL Lady's Well
Lady's Well
James Melville Leuchars
John Scott Leuchars
006 [situation] About 12 Chains N.E. [North East] from Leuchars Church.
A Common Spring Well close by the village of Leuchars it is neatly built round its margin with Stones, the origin of the name is not Locally Known.
GAS WORKS [Leuchars] Gas Works
Gas Works
James Melville Leuchars
John Scott Leuchars
006 [situation] In the village of Leuchars.
A small house and gasometer in connection with each other, for the Manufacture of Gas for Supplying the village of Leuchars with Light, it is the property of a Company.
MANSE [Free Church, Leuchars] Manse
Manse
James Melville Leuchars
John Scott Leuchars
006 [situation] In the Village of Leuchars.
A Manse in connection with the free church in Leuchars Village, it is a large neat building two storys high in good repair and having a small garden attached to it. It is occupied by the Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Gleghorn. F. [Free] Church Minister

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38 Parish of Leuchars Plan 6 B. Trace 4.

[Quotation - Lady's Well]
"A little north of the east end of the village
"to the convenience and comfort of its inhabitants there is another well
"of equal excellence called the Lady Well no doubt consecrated to the
"Blessed virgin." Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] vol. 18 p. 599.

[Note -Lady's Well] The well alluded to in the above quotation is long since closed up, the well now shown on plan was opened in 1834. The old well was of no note nor is there any tradition that it was ever a holy well. -

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