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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Cuthbert's Well (Mitford) Alternative Name: Mitford FountainCountry: England
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County: Northumberland Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Morpeth Nearest Village: Mitford
Map Ref: NZ1720685990
Latitude: 55.167927N Longitude: 1.731443W
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| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
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Anne T visited on 24th Oct 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Site of St Cuthbert's Holy Well, Mitford: After having visited Bothal church and spent well over an hour looking around, we stopped off at The Old Chantry tea rooms in Morpeth for a bowl of soup and a cup of tea, then headed off to the small, but very pretty village of Mitford, just over 2.5 km west of Morpeth.
OK, so there is no longer a well here, and the Victorian-era drinking fountain structure that was built in the place where the well was supposed to have been is now dry, it was easy to find. The road is reasonably busy, so I risked getting run over to get a few close up shots. The carving of the impaled dragon's head (I didn't realise what it was until I saw the photos on the larger screen of the computer and read the Historic England description) was pretty gruesome.
We did wander down to the river and walked along a little way. Someone has built what appears to be a very pretty, but very modern, thatched cottage by the side of the footpath along the river.
Note for next time: the pub does special offers on food for pensioners!
Considering it is almost Halloween, the description of 'there was a scared well in Mitford', is almost appropriate - see Pastscape Monument No. 23254; this should really read 'sacred' well, but isn't such fun, although 'scared' may reference the carving of the impaled dragon (see below)!
We found reference to this well originally in "Holy Wells in Northumberland and Durham: Binnall & Dodds, 1941, page 67" (Proceedings of Society of Antiquities, Newcastle upon Tyne). This document talks about Reginald of Durham's "Miracles of St Cuthbert' in which he records a miracle involving part of the shroud of St Cuthbert which was supposed to have occurred at the well in 1006.
In 1827, the antiquarian and historian Hodgson was unable to find this well, but "when the Berwickshire Naturalists Club visited Mitford in 1880 they found that Colonel Mitford had erected a stone fountain on the supposed scene of the miracle." Historic England makes reference to this in their entry for List ID 1042682
Historic England adds: "What remains of his stone fountain is its rounded headed arch, which encloses a relief carving of a dragon's head impaled on a sword and a spout plate."
The well housing is built into the wall of the Old Post Office, to the northern side of the B6343, approaching the village from Morpeth, just before its junction with Font Side with the Old Blacksmith's Cottage on the corner.
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