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Hyssop Holme Well (Carlisle)
Trip No.176 Entry No.1 Date Added: 6th Jun 2022
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Hyssop Holme Well (Carlisle) submitted by Anne T on 5th Jun 2022. The well was in deep shade at the time of our visit. A slow, steady trickle of water emerged from the pipe at the back of the well, trickling down the moss into the small well basin, then out to modern drains to a small pond/water feature.
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Log Text: Hyssop Holme Well (Carlisle): A very pleasant, short walk down slope to this well house, the sound of wood on willow from the nearby Cricket Ground accompanying our steps. Am trying to trace the Antiquarian history books which mention this site, as I'm trying to ascertain if the well predates the 1817 date on the keystone, and why the water was regarded as a spa in days gone by, and what properties the water had.
Finglandrigg Spa Well (Chalybeate)
Trip No.176 Entry No.2 Date Added: 6th Jun 2022
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Finglandrigg Spa Well (Chalybeate) submitted by Anne T on 5th Jun 2022. There's nothing left of the information board shown on old photographs of this well. See Heritage and History for photographs taken in 2009.
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Log Text: Finglandrigg Spa Well: A very pleasant walk through this nature reserve, although the well is not where the published map says it is. In the end, we walked round and round, then tried to find a spot with a phone signal so we could find a rough grid reference, which we acquired from the Old Cumbria Gazetteer. Some 50m from the published path, down a grassy 'lane'. Ruined, but ticked this one off the list. Am trying to trace what properties this water had, and added the nearby Toddel Well to my list of places to visit in the near future.