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| Dorothy Well, Portinscale | ||
| Dorothy Well | ||
| locality:- | Portinscale | |
| civil parish:- | Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | well | |
| locality type:- | spring | |
| locality type:- | memorial | |
| locality type:- | water trough | |
| locality type:- | drinking fountain | |
| coordinates:- | NY25112359 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2523 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY22 | |
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 BMR82.jpg (taken 22.9.2006)  BMR83.jpg (taken 22.9.2006) |
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| Dedicated to Dorothy Christian 1730-1772, daughter of the vicar of Crosthwaite. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 5) placename:- Dorothy'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:- | drawing:- Butler 1982-92 |
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| source data:- | Dorothy Well, Portinscale drawn by David Butler courtesy of David Butler  click to enlargePR1456.jpg "[DOROTHY WELL]" "[Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again / But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst]]" John 4 13-14 item:- private collection : 377 Image © see bottom of page |
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 BMR84.jpg (taken 22.9.2006) |
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| hearsay:- |
The well is a memorial to Dorothy daughter of Rev Christain, vicar of Crosthwaite
1728-58. He made the memorial from an existing water trough. Dorothy, an invalid,
used to watch the horses from her cottage window. (Rev Christain was uncle to Fletcher
Christain.) |
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