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| St Ninian's Well, Brisco | ||
| St Ninian's Well | ||
| locality:- | Brisco | |
| civil parish:- | St Cuthbert Without (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | well | |
| locality type:- | spring | |
| coordinates:- | NY42265201 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4252 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY45 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 23 16) placename:- St Ninian'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:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- St Ninian's Well |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "ST NINIAN'S WELL / / / ST CUTHBERT WITHOUT / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 77592 / NY4226352004" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Wellhead. 183O's-184O's by Sarah Losh. Dressed sandstone. Square flagged trough, round-headed arch with incised roll moulding decorated with crosses and lozenges. Site of an ancient well dedicated to St Ninian and rebuilt by Sarah Losh with an inscription which is now no longer visible." |
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| notes:- |
It is beleived that St Ninian baptised Christians her about AD400. |
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