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| wells and springs, Cumbria | ||||
| county:- | Cumbria | |||
| also see:- |  water troughs and fountains, Cumbria |
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| Water for Life |
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| Springs are where water wells up onto the surface from below. |
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| Some waters then flow away as becks, others have been got up as wells to serve as
a local water supply. Water is essential to life, and wells and springs are noted
features of the older landscape, before water came by tap. |
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| Wells and springs share the terms well and spring. You can't rely on a well being
a properly built and maintained hole full of water; it might just be an upwelling
of water. A spring could have been channelled into a basin or trough. A spring might
be named a well, perhaps because it once had a more serious water supply function? |
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| references:- |
Brunner, Hugo &Major, J Kenneth: 1972: Water Raising by Animal Power: Industrial Archaeology:
vol.9 no.2 Robins, F W: 1946: Story of Water Supply, The Oxford University Press Steele, Elliot J: 1933: Byegone Water Supplies: Bedfordshire Historical Record Society Tyson, Blake: 1998: St john's Well and Chapel, Skelsmergh: CWAAS: series 2 vol.98: pp.155-167; includes general comments on wells Vince, John: 1978: Wells and Water Supply: Shire Pubns: album 36: ISBN 0 85263 441 2 |
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