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<< Our Photo Pages >> St Cuthbert's Well (Clifton) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Cumbria

Submitted by Anne T on Thursday, 29 August 2019  Page Views: 2237

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Cuthbert's Well (Clifton) Alternative Name: Kelter Well (Clifton)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.267 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cumbria Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Penrith  Nearest Village: Clifton
Map Ref: NY5359326336
Latitude: 54.630009N  Longitude: 2.720368W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Anne T visited on 27th Aug 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 St Cuthbert's Well (or Kelter Well), Clifton: The enclosure for this well is to the western side of the A6, towards the southern end of Clifton village. In some ways, this well is very disappointing, as the grid over it does not allow you to see very much, apart from some stone steps leading down to what appears to be a culvert with a strong flow of water running through it. The well has been built into an enclosure which commemorates the last battle on English soil between the retreating Jacobite army and Government troops. This took place on 18th December 1745 (the battle of Clifton Moor). No entry on either Pastscape or Historic England, although a well is shown on their map if you enter the grid reference above.

St Cuthbert's Well (Clifton)
St Cuthbert's Well (Clifton) submitted by Anne T : The spring/well now covered by a close metal grille, which made taking photographs of the steps and water channel somewhat difficult, despite using manual focus. The enclosure commemorates the last battle on English soil between the Jacobite army and Government troops on 18th December 1745. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This spring and well, now covered in a metal grille and built into an enclosure commemorating a battle, can be found on the western side of the A6 towards the southern end of Clifton Village, Cumbria. Through the grille it is just about possibly to make out stone steps leading down to an opening under which flows a rapid, and plentiful, stream of water. Presumably this used to the water supply for the village, and villagers would walk down the steps to draw water. There was no obvious sign in the fields around of where the spring rose from.

I was unable to find any entry for it in Pastscape or Historic England, but the "Springs of Living Waters: The Holy Wells of North Cumbria" by Fr John Musther includes a photograph of the well (page 35), and tells us: "At Clifton is a ‘Kelter’ Well i.e. spring; another St. Cuthbert’s church is nearby".

The enclosure was built to commemorate the site of a skirmish, recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 12044, which took place on Clifton Moor on 18th December 1745, between "(the Royal) Forces of the Duke of Cumberland, and the rearguard of rebel army under Lord George Murray". This was the last battle on English soil between the retreating Jacobite army and Government troops.

[Update September 2022: Please see the comment by Andy_Norfolk below].
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St Cuthbert's Well (Clifton)
St Cuthbert's Well (Clifton) submitted by Anne T : Looking at St Cuthbert's or the Kelter Well in Clifton from the eastern side of the A6. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Cuthbert's Well (Clifton)
St Cuthbert's Well (Clifton) submitted by Anne T : Standing at the western side of the grille looking down into the well/spring cavity. There are stone steps leading down to an opening in a culvert (?) which has a fast and plentiful water supply. Where the spring rose from was not obvious from the surrounding fields. Such a shame about the grille, but I guess H&S rules these days. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: St Cuthbert''s Well (Clifton) by Anonymous on Saturday, 11 March 2023
Hi Anne,

Loved your post on St Cuthbert''s church in Wamphray. Not a lot written about it. I''d like to reference your post on it in a family history book. Is that OK? Do you have a preferred attribution statement?



Thanks,

Alicia Graham

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    Re: St Cuthbert''s Well (Clifton) by Anne T on Wednesday, 05 April 2023
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    Hi, Alicia and Mary Esther,

    Many thanks for making contact. Most of the main site text on the St Cuthbert's Church (Wamphray) site page came from official sources (click on the links provided), so if you use text from these, you will need to attribute them directly.

    I'm more than happy for you to use any wording from my visit report. Attribution is simply "Anne T, from the Megalithic Portal".

    Hope your family history book is progressing well. I'm interested to find out how your family links to Wamphray!

    Best wishes, Anne T.
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Re: St Cuthbert's Well (Clifton) by Andy_Norfolk on Friday, 26 August 2022
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This isn't Kelter Well or St Cuthbert's Well. It's the Clifton village well.

Kelter Well was shown on the 1st edition 6" OS map at NY 5330 2598. Water was piped to Clifton's village well from the Kelter Well. Clifton's well doesn't appear on OS maps until it is marked as a spout on the 1913 6" and 25" editions. It seems to have been a utilitarian water supply for the village.

It wasn't Courtgarth well either. This was at NY 5343 2623 and was called Cot Garth Well in 1811

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    Re: St Cuthbert's Well (Clifton) by Anne T on Friday, 02 September 2022
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    Hi, Andy_Norfolk, Many thanks for the update - very much appreciated.

    We took our information from Fr John Musther's "Springs of Living Waters - the Holy Wells of North Cumbria". He publishes a photograph of this well entitled "Kelter Well, Clifton", page 35, so someone really needs to update him. His address is published in his book, on the copyright/acknowledgements page at the front. Also, because of Alan Cleaver's involvement with this publication, I had no reason to doubt the name/location of this well, as I've found Alan pretty thorough in his research in the past, through researching another site in Northumberland.

    The text above does mention this well provided the water for the village. I've also added a quick note to the site page to point people to your comment, so they have up-to-date, correct information. Thanks again for this very valuable information.
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