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| St Cuthbert's Well, Edenhall | ||
| St Cuthbert's Well | ||
| locality:- | Edenhall | |
| civil parish:- | Langwathby (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | well | |
| locality type:- | spring | |
| coordinates:- | NY56403210 (?) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5632 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY53 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 50 14) placename:- St Cuthbert's Well |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag item:- Luck of Edenhall; fairies |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto sourceGentleman's Magazine 1791 p.721 "IN an excursion to the North of England, I was easily prevailed upon to see the Luck of Edenhall ..." "..." "Tradition, our only guide here, says, that a party of Fairies were drinking and making merry round a well near the Hall, called St. Cuthbert's well; but, being interrupted by some curious people, they were frightened, and made a hasty retreat, and left the cup in question: one of the last screaming out," "If this cup should break or fall, Farewell the Luck of Edenhall." |
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