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Posted: 21-06-2002 14:30 Post subject: Holy Wells

[original title: thread renamed 11.8.02. to be more general.]

Could anyone enlighten me as to the whereabouts of the sacred well in St Ives, Cornwall?. I read about it in a guide book but it didn't give an exact location.

I have searched the internet to no avail. It may not even be called 'St Ias Well' but its along those lines.

I'm heading down that way soon and would love to track it down. Any info gratefully received!

Posted: 21-06-2002 14:44 Post subject:

i dont know..but thers a book by Quiller Cooch about him visting the wells in Cornwall... look it up... ill have a scout round

Posted: 21-06-2002 14:51 Post subject:

Quiller-Couch, M. & L. Ancient and holy wells of Cornwall; Clark, London:1894 (Republished Tamara, Liskeard: 1994. ISBN 0 9512822 5 5.)

Posted: 21-06-2002 14:53 Post subject:

Thanks SJ, I thought you may be the man for the job! I'll check it out.....................

Posted: 21-06-2002 14:54 Post subject:

its listed here.......with a map too!

http://www.bath.ac.uk/lispring/sourcearchive/fs3/fs3lh1.htm

Posted: 21-06-2002 15:00 Post subject:

http://www.bath.ac.uk/lispring/sourcearchive/fs3/fs3lh1.htm

Thanks, I found this!

Posted: 21-06-2002 15:01 Post subject:

Ahaaa! Beat me to it Smile

Posted: 21-06-2002 15:02 Post subject:

book on cornish wells listed here

http://www.geniusloci.co.uk/inspiration.htm

Posted: 25-06-2002 07:39 Post subject:

Madron Holy Well and chapel is worth a visit.

I've only been once, on a gloomy winter's day - quite atmospheric!

Posted: 25-06-2002 10:41 Post subject:

I visited Madron well last time I was in Cornwall. I had had dermatitis on my hands for a 18 months previously. I had heard that Madron was supposed to have amazing results for skin conditions so I bathed my hands in the water & a week later no sign of it, & it hasn't been back!

Not sure if I really beleive in that kind of thing, but it was a last resort as no doctors seemed to be able to help. Perhaps its some kind of minerals in the water?

To be honest I don't really care if it was the well or what, it was just such a relief! But that's what sparked my interest in the wells.

Incredible places.

Posted: 25-06-2002 13:43 Post subject:

Wells are atmospheric places all right, even if they are nothing more than damp ditches often..many cornish wells are said to cure madness in a process that intails tipping "mad" people backwards into the water!... perhase the new NHS should try it.......

Posted: 25-06-2002 15:02 Post subject:

I originally read about Madron well in a Daphne Du Maurier book called 'Vanishing Cornwall', whereby she travelled the county with her son in the sixties recording the changing landscape.

Quite sad but 'well' worth a read (geddit?!!)

Also some fantastic info on local eccentrics, & the legend of Penrose(?) etc.

Erm........slightly off thread, but, I don't suppose either of you (Rynner or SJ) happen to know of any eligible home-owning bachelors between the ages of 30-45 who are Cornwall based & would like a 28 year old average looking woman who would marry just about anyone to be able to live in Cornwall!!? (worth a shot...)

Very Happy

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Posted: 11-08-2002 11:25 Post subject:

Saw something about the Isle of Sheppey on TV, so looked on the web. Found The Abbess' Well. Good clear website.

Also Three Headed Godess found in a Sheppey well.

There are several wells there, some now covered or decrepit.