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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Bride's Well (Stapleton) Alternative Name: St. Mary's Church (Stapleton)Country: England County: Cumbria Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Brampton Nearest Village: Stapleton
Map Ref: NY50397119
Latitude: 55.032744N Longitude: 2.777689W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Anne T visited on 20th Aug 2017 - their rating: Cond: -1 Access: 4 Bride's Well, Stapleton: Now underneath a fallen tree? Having had to run away from this site to collect our cats from the vets after a very brief search for the well last Thursday, we went back armed with the GPS and OS map and found we’d been looking in the wrong direction.
I’d seen a set of stile leading down to the meadow from the eastern side of the church yard so we found these. They led down to the meadow and the burn running north-south through the field, although they were completely overgrown by nettles. Whilst there were only two small steps on the church yard side, there were around 8 going down into the field below.
We walked round and round and the only feature we could see at the exact grid reference given by Pastscape was this fallen tree. Has the well been destroyed? We had a good look round all along the stream in this field.
I sent an email to the Rector when I got home, and received the reply below. She thinks the well might be in the field behind the rectory, which is above the church, and will check and send an update.
The holy well is described as a natural spring covered by a small stone well house in Pastscape Monument No. 13085, which goes onto add that "the well ... was confirmed by the Rector of Stapleton as the traditional 'Bride's Well'.
We'd tried to find this well the previous week but run out of time, so went back armed with a GPS and the OS Map.
At the position given by Pastscape (and as described in the church guide), we only found a large wind-fallen tree. We couldn't see any signs of a structure, although the ground above the grid reference was boggy and covered in marran grass, as if a spring was rising up out of the ground and running down into the beck below.
Just to confirm the actual location of the well, I sent an email to the Rector. He has just retired, but one of the church wardens replied and said she believes the well is in a field behind the vicarage, higher up the hill from the church. She is going to ask the rector and someone who has lived in the village all their lives and get back to me with an update.
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