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| Stanger Spa, Embleton | ||
| Stanger Spa | ||
| Holy Well | ||
| locality:- | Stanger | |
| civil parish:- | Embleton (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | spa | |
| locality type:- | well | |
| locality type:- | spring | |
| locality type:- | holy well | |
| coordinates:- | NY14112718 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1427 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY12 | |
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 BVK01.jpg courtesy of Ed Henderson  BVK02.jpg courtesy of Ed Henderson  BVK03.jpg Plaque. courtesy of Ed Henderson |
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| The water is very saline, its conductance read at 40,000 microSiemen. The well at
Manesty read 27,000 microSiemen; most wells are only a few hundred microSiemen; sea
water is about 50 to 60,000 microSiemen. |
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| The well has been dedicated to St Anna. In the mid 1800s a doctor sold water from
this well at 6d (5p) a bottle. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 55 9) placename:- Stanger Spa item:- saline spring |
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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. "Stanger Spa (Saline)" |
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