A paper published in the DUMFRIESSHIRE AND GALLOWAY Natural History and Antiquarian Society 1905-1906 edition, called "Lockerbie in its origin" gives the following information on this well:
............."The Church of Dryfesdale was dedicated to St. Cuthbert. The Inquisitis of Earl David in 1116 found that the lands of Dryfesdale belonged to the Episcopate of Glasgow. The Church of Dryfesdale was confirmed to this see by successive bulls of Pope Alexander in 1170 and 1178, Pope Lucias in 1181. and Pope Urban in 1186. The last specifies that the chapel of Hutton belonged to the mother church of Dryfesdale. There were also numerous chapels belonging to the Knights Templars in the district. One, for instance, stood near what is yet known as the Chapel Well at Beckton, within a mile from the peel. The font of this chapel was, after the suppression of the Order, used as part of the market cross of the town."
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