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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Chantry Well (Brigham)Country: England County: Cumbria Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Cockermouth Nearest Village: Brigham
Map Ref: NY08463083
Latitude: 54.664207N Longitude: 3.420713W
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 14th Aug 2018 - their rating: Cond: -1 Amb: 2 Chantry Well, Brigham (Destroyed) The Reverend Mary told us there was a holy well at Brigham. There are actually 2 listed – Chantry Well and Nun’s Well, next to the A66.
Mr. Furness, the church warden also mentioned the well, but said it was no longer there. In the field opposite the church, a new water pipeline is being constructed. In the field to the south a new housing estate is also being built. There is no access into the field because of the building works, but the grid reference gives a point where the tree line bends.
Listed in the Old Cumbria Gazetteer and recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 9025, this holy well, the Chantry Well, was destroyed by quarrying, but its location is still recorded.
A new mains water pipeline is being driven through the field in which this well stands, and a housing estate is being constructed (August 2018) in the field immediately to its south.
The well was remembered by local people as being one of two, the other being Nun's Well at NY 0872 3104, sited at the side of the A66, north of Old Parsonage Farm. It is also recorded as having been destroyed, although remnants of it may still be found in the bank that runs parallel to the road.
Due to the building works, no access was allowed into the field, but the red arrow marks the approximate site of this well.
[Update July 2022: This well is recorded as Cumbria Historic Environment Record 847, which tells us: "No traces remain of Chantry Well, which was destroyed by quarrying. A reference in (?) Whellan (1860, p296) notes: 'a rich pasture field near the church, known by the name of Chantry, contains a fine spring, and a mound supposed by some to cover the ruins of some ancient religious edifice'.
Using the grid reference given above, the location of the well is marked on the HE map search, with the site being marked as an ancient site with religious significance.
The well is also briefly recorded in the Old Cumbria Gazetteer - see their entry for Chantry Well.]
Note: Does anyone have any old photographs, drawings or illustrations of this now destroyed holy well?
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