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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST CATHERINE'S WELL (Petroleum) | St. Catherine's or oily well St. Catherine's or oily well Balm Well (ancient name) Oily Well The oily well |
R. Grieve Thomas Torrance Stat.[Statistical] Acct.[Account] 1845 Chalmers Caledonia Maitland Hist.[History] of Edin[Edinburgh] page 507 |
006 | [Situation] About 6 or 7 chs [chains] South from St. Catherines Chapel. A remarkable well which is covered over by a small building the waterso of this well is of a peculiar quality on it surface as seen always floating a black substance like oil the waters of the well is considered as possessing many medicinal properties & found very beneficial in Cutaneous disorders It was long noted as an object of religious veneration or as a holy well. |
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Parish of Liberton [page] 21Trace 2
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"About a mile to the eastward of those hills (Pentland Hills)
"lies a small village denominated St. Catherines or the Kaims
"at which is a spring called the Oily Well from an unctuous
"substance wherewith it is covered said to be good for scorbutical
"disorders"
Maitlands History of Edinburgh Page 507
"Two miles southward of Edinburgh is St. Catherine's or the
"Oily Well which engaged the protection of king and is said to
"have cured cutaneous and other disorders of the people" "Though
"plunged in ills and excercised in cares"
Chalmers Caledonia vol. 2 P. 564
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