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St Mary's Well, Heversham
St Mary's Well
locality:-   Heversham
civil parish:-   Heversham (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   well
locality type:-   spring
locality type:-   pump
coordinates:-   SD49588346
1Km square:-   SD4983
10Km square:-   SD48

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BJR86.jpg  Ivo de Taillebois endowed St Mary's Abbey, York, with Eureshaim ie Heversham, in 1094. And thus the well is named for St Mary.
It was the local water supply up to 1908 when piped water was installed in the village.
In 1905 there was a ban on steam driven vehicles, traction engines and the like, using the supply:-
"... as there was not enough left for village people." The pump does not look old, but is said to have been fitted in 1905.
(taken 12.8.2005)  
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BQL37.jpg (taken 26.4.2009)  

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BUR36.jpg  Detail of pump.
(taken 9.6.2011)  
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