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| St Catherine's Well, Eskdale | ||
| St Catherine's Well | ||
| locality:- | Eskdale | |
| civil parish:- | Eskdale (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | spring | |
| locality type:- | well | |
| locality type:- | holy well | |
| coordinates:- | NY18070027 (about) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1800 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY10 | |
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| hearsay:- |
Excavated by Mary Fair, 1925 (see Trans CWAAS). There was then a rude stair of five
boulders and other stones set in clay puddle. |
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| Kept cleaned and useable up 1870s. |
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| Water used for local baptisms up to mid 20th century. |
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