Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Stanger Spa | |
| other name:- | Holy Well | |
| locality:- | Stanger | |
| parish |
Embleton parish, once in
Cumberland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| spa; well; spring | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY14112718 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY12
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| 1Km square | NY1427 | |
| old map:- |
OS County Series (Cmd 55 9)
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| County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. | ||
| Stanger Spa (Saline) | ||
| placename:- | Stanger Spa | |
| well; spa | ||
| date:- | 1890=1899 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late; 1890s | |
| photo | ||
| courtesy of Ed Henderson | ||
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-- Plaque. | ||
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The water is very saline, its conductance read at 40,000
microSiemen. The well at Manesty read 27,000 microSiemen;
most wells are only a few hundred microSiemen; sea water is
about 50 to 60,000 microSiemen.
The well has been dedicated to St Anna. In the mid 1800s a doctor sold water from this well at 6d (5p) a bottle. | ||
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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