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St Mungo's Well, Bromfield
St Mungo's Well
locality:-   Bromfield
civil parish:-   Bromfield (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   well
coordinates:-   NY17614713
1Km square:-   NY1747
10Km square:-   NY14


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BPI47.jpg (taken 14.6.2008)  
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BPI48.jpg (taken 14.6.2008)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 28 10) 
placename:-  St Mungo's 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.

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  St Mungo's Well
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"ST MUNGO'S WELL / / / BROMFIELD / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 410438 / NY1760747131"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Wellhead. 1878 over the site of a medieval well. Hammer-dressed red sandstone with iron clamps. Circular wellhead with side door, under conical stone cap. Inscribed in C19 lettering on top WITH JOY YOU WILL DRAW WATER FROM THE WELLS OF SALVATION. Associated with the nearby church of St Mungo."


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BPI49.jpg  Beautifully made well shaft, and water.
(taken 14.6.2008)  
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BPI50.jpg  Inscription:-
"[WITH JOY SHALL YE / DRAW WATER OUT OF / THE WELLS OF / SALVATION / ISIAH XII]" Isiah 12 3
(taken 14.6.2008)  

notes:-  
This was the village water supply till mains water arrived in 1929.

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