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Kelter Well, Clifton
Kelter Well
locality:-   Clifton
civil parish:-   Clifton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   well
locality type:-   spring (?) 
coordinates:-   NY53242578 (about) 
1Km square:-   NY5325
10Km square:-   NY52

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 8 1) 
placename:-  Kelter Well
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.

hearsay:-  
The first Sunday after Ascension was Shaking Bottle Sunday, or Sugar Water Sunday. This was a celebration of Spring. The well was decorated with flowers and people drank the water mixed with sugar. The Bishop of Penrith banned the celebrations when it began to include cock fighting and wrestling, 1824.

also see:-    Clifton's Well, Clifton

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