Drinking fountain near Mitford Post Office (Mitford)
Drinking fountain in Mitford. Photo by Northumberland County Council.
There was a sacred well in Mitford, where there is now a stone fountain erected by Col Mitford. (1)
There is no trace of a well. The stone fountain, now disused, is built into a wall at NZ 17208599. (2)
Drinking fountain, 1877. Erected by Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston-Mitford. On the site of a holy well, reputedly the scene of miracles in AD1006 associated with a relic of St Cuthbert's shroud. (3)
There is no trace of a well. The stone fountain, now disused, is built into a wall at NZ 17208599. (2)
Drinking fountain, 1877. Erected by Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston-Mitford. On the site of a holy well, reputedly the scene of miracles in AD1006 associated with a relic of St Cuthbert's shroud. (3)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1971; B H Pritchard
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