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| Hyssop Holme Well, Stanwix | ||
| Hyssop Holme Well | ||
| Street:- | Cavendish Terrace | |
| locality:- | Stanwix | |
| civil parish:- | Carlisle (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | well | |
| locality type:- | drinking fountain | |
| coordinates:- | NY39745680 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3956 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY35 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 23 3) placename:- Hyssop Holme 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:- | Hyssop Holme Well, Cavendish Terrace, Stanwix drawn by David Butler courtesy of David Butler  click to enlargePR1480.jpg "[1817]" and nearby "[restored 1986]" item:- private collection : 377 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Hyssop Holme Well |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "HYSSOP HOLME WELL / / CAVENDISH TERRACE / CARLISLE / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 386661 / NY3974856801" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Natural spring well. Dated 1817 with repairs of 1986. Red sandstone rubble. Set into the side of a high bank. Serpentine wall sloping away at the sides; central recessed bowl and cast-iron pipe, under dated keystone; chamfered coping above. Steps down to soak away beneath well head. An inscribed stone nearby records restoration by the Keep Britain Tidy Group sponsored by MSC, see Cumberland News, 10 October 1986. Water was at one time used to supply hot and cold water baths nearby. (Cumberland News: 10 October 1986)." |
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