Well (238) – Onchan
Information Well, visible from Governor’s Road, Onchan. Likely a domestic well. Stone construction, looks in good condition from limited observation. The well is not indicated on either the 6″ or […]
Entries by Ber Weyde
Chibbyr Karrin (173) – Lezayre
Information Chibbyr Karrin, The Corrody. Karrin or (St.) Ciaran’s well. Visited the well May 2023. I could not tell if there was any water in it though the basin area […]
Well (237) – Bride Road, Lezayre
Information Well, on the Bride Road, Lezayre. The well is indicated on both OS maps (see below) and is SSE of Balladoole. It later appears on a deed map dated […]
Well (236) – Ronague
Information Well, Ronague. A stone built well that is covered over and sadly, appears to have been the site of a tragedy. There is a cross on the top and […]
Well (235) – Ballavarvane, St Marks
Information Well, Ballavarvane Farmhouse, St Marks. This record is based on the following testimony: (The well is) In floor of the back room of the farm house. My granda and […]
Well (232) – Port St Mary
Information Well, Howe Road, Port St Mary. A stone built, elongated D-shaped well in a small plot enclosed by a semi-circular stone wall and accessed from the road via a […]
Well (231) – Cregneash
Information Well, Cregneash village. Walking down from Ned Beg’s cottage into the village, continue towards the tea rooms at Creg-y-Shee and the well is in an open grassed area on […]
Well (230) – Cregneash
Information Well, Cregneash village. The well is accessed from the road, just past Harry Kelly’s cottage. It is on the left-hand side and lies at the end of a stone-walled […]
Well, Upper Ballahane Cottage (229) – Port St Mary
Information Well, Upper Ballahane Cottage, Port St Mary. Per Kneen in Place-names, Ballahane means O’Hane’s farm (Irish Baile Ui hEidhin). This well is in a stunning location and sits in […]
Well (haunted), ‘Ghost-Bridge’ (228) – Castletown
Information Well (haunted), ‘Ghost-Bridge’, Castletown. This well has been idenified from a photograph catalogue entry on the imuseum and was taken by Matthew Hannah in the 1940s. The catalogue entry […]
Well, Ballacallum Red Gates (225) – Andreas
Information Well, Ballacallum Red Gates, The Lhen, Andreas. An attractive well that may be constructed of beach stones. Unusually wide circumference – the largest I have seen. The well is […]
Well, Ballachrink Croft (227) – Bride
Information Well, Ballachrink Croft, Ballacorey Road, Bride. The well was discovered during building works and so far appears to be brick-lined with some of the bricks possibly made in Peel/Glenfaba […]
Well, Goldies Loughan (226) – Jurby East
Information Well, Goldies Loughan, Jurby East. It was lovely to receive an invitation to visit this well as I have seen a photograph of it on the imusem with old […]
Breaking the Stretch at the Well
“If a young man and a young woman who are keeping company happen to be standing at a spring-well of an evening and the young man throws out his arms […]
Fountain (224) – Peel
Information Public Fountain, The Promenade, Peel. The fountain is marked as such on the OS of 1868/69. It is not known if this was originally a shoreside spring or if […]
Field Well (217) – Maughold
Information Field Well, SEbS of Cardle Chapel, Maughold. The well is in a field not far from the A2 road in Maughold parish. It is not recorded on the first […]
Chibbyr Sanctan (107) – Santon
Information Chibbyr Sanctan, Santon. St Sanctan’s Well. The well was found in 2018. It is not the well in the wall south of the church at the neighbouring house, but […]
Orryside Well (216) – Colby
Information Orryside Well, Main Road, Colby. This well in Colby was discovered when digging foundations and the original pump mechanism was found nearby. As you can see, the pump and […]
Well (215) – Castletown
Information Well, Castletown. Lovely discovery in Castletown the past few days! An uncharted stone-lined well has been exposed during some works. The location will be revealed in due course but […]
Ballawyllin Well (214) – East Baldwin
Information Well, Ballawyllin Farm, East Baldwin. A domestic well constructed of stone with a wood canopy. It is currently capped with concrete and a modern land drainage pipe now runs […]
Yeaman’s Well (150) – Peel
Information Yeaman’s Well, Peel. Opposite the east end of Stanley Road, Peel. It is referred to as Yeoman’s Well in Corris’s plan of Peel, 1784. “I’ve seen sthrings of […]
Raby Mooar Well (213) – Patrick
Information Raby Mooar Well, Patrick. At Rheaby-mooar there are the remains of a chapel, walls two feet high; burial ground bout quarter of an acre in extent. The ancient […]
Chester Farm Well (96) – Michael
Information Chester Farm Well, Kirk Michael. Catalogue entry found on imuseum dated June, 1951 with photograph. Visited in 2018 by James Franklin who has submitted a photograph of it. Good […]
Ballacowle Beg (212) – Bride
Information Well, Ballacowle Beg, Bride. An attempt has been made to encompass all aspects of life in the Island but one may be led to think that the old body […]
Chibbyr Vaarley (211) – Andreas
Information Chibber Vaarley, on Ballakelly, Andreas. Well of the Robbers. Heard locally. W Walter Gill suggests Varlee was probably the nickname of a family which used the well. Reference The […]
Chibbyr Folta/Volta (46) – Port Erin
Information Chibber Folta or Volta, Port Erin. The name of the place from Maddrell’s house to the Eagle Hotel was Magher Folta. The well in it is Chibbyr Folta, and […]
Yon’s Well (152) – Port Erin
Information Yon’s Well, Port Erin. John’s Well. Per Roeder, the well is named after one John Maddrell. Reference W Walter Gill, A Manx Scrapbook, 1929 Location South of the Darragh and […]
Chibbyr Barraharstal (9) – Patrick
Information Chibber Barraharstal, at the South end of Traie Harstal, Big Bay, Patrick. Situated at the top of the barry or inlet for boats to cut through the rocks. Remote […]
Chibbyr y Chiarn (23) – Ballaugh/Slieau Curn
Information Chibbyr y Chiarn, Glen Dhoo, Ballaugh and/or Slieau Curn. Lord’s Well. Chibber y Chiarn, at the head of Glen Dhoo, Ballaugh. A native of the Glen, aged 84, recalls […]
Hanover St/Lord St (210) – Douglas
Information Brick-lined well Hanover Street/Lord Street, Douglas. Possibly an 18th century well. Mr J. C. Bregazzi, Borough Surveyor, recorded the discovery of a brick-lined well in March 1953 in the […]
Laxey (209) – Sewage, Wells & Water Supply
In 1902, and under order of the Local Government Board, a public inquiry was held regarding the provision for the disposal of sewage and the supply of water for domestic […]
Chibbyr Aspick (208) – Peel
Information Chibbyr Aspick, Peel Castle, Peel. Bishop’s Well. Improvements lately made at Peel Castle, furnished by an esteemed correspondent who takes a loving interest in the work of its preservation. […]
Chibbyr Vael (118) – Michael
Information Chibbyr Vael, Kirk Michael. St Michae’s Well. Situated in the angle formed by the junction of the Awin Dhoo with the Sulby river, near Druidale farm, Michael. Reference 1) […]
The Monks’ Well (207) – Ballasalla
Information The Monks’ Well, Silverdale Glen, Ballasalla From reading some early 20th century newspaper articles, it appears the well had fallen into disuse and must have been in a poor […]
Billy McLean’s Well (199) – Ramsey
Information Billy McLean’s Well, rear of Waggett’s Yard, Church Street, Ramsey. Discovery in King Street – Well Uncovered in Excavations During excavations in the King Street area last Friday, workmen […]
Wishing Well (206) – Douglas
Information Wishing Well, Loch Promenade, Douglas. Following the successful installation of a Wishing Well by the Rotary Club of Perth in Australia, where the coins dropped into the well were […]
Chibbyr Pherick (204) – Peel Hill
Chibbyr Pherick, Peel Hill, Patrick. (St Patrick’s Well). The Holy Well is said to be the first well, or water, where the first Christian was baptized in the Island, and […]
Chibbyr Pherick (aka Big Well) (120) – Peel
Information Chibbyr Pherick (aka the Big Well), Station Road, Peel. …There used to be another Holy Well at the top of Peel Harbour, near the railway station. It was closed […]
Dub ny Merroo (131) – Bride
Information Dub ny Merroo (aka Dub ny Marroo), Bride. Pool of the Dead. Bayr ny Merroo, ‘Road of the Dead,’ passes from the neighbourhood of Shellack Point to Keeill Vreeshey, […]
Spooyt Phaddy (124) – Lonan
Information Spooyt Phaddy (or Fhaddy), Lonan. Paddy’s Spout. Dated April, 1925, the following, by Rev Canon Quine, is an extract from a report on an archaeological excavation at a tumulus […]
Chibbyr Baltane (10) – Rushen
Information Chibbyr Baltane, Rushen. Lovely video below by Culture Vannin on the rediscovery of Chibbyr Baltane. This important well was visited by our ancestors for healing through the centuries but […]
Castletown Pump (200) – Malew
Information This sketch is by John Flower (artist of Leicester) 1793-1861, ‘Castletown, Isle of Man, N.D.’ No other information is known. Click on the photograph to see it full size. […]
Village Pump (201) – Andreas
Information There is a photograph on the imuseum dated 1935 titled Andreas village pump and School House. There is also the following text: The village pump was removed by the […]
Ballacross Well (7) – Arbory
Information Ballacross Well, Arbory. Ballacross is the name of a farm which took its name from the siting of a cross. On the estate of Ballabeg, in the parish of […]
Chibbyr Pherick (95) – Lonan
Information Chibber Pherick, on Lhergey Grawe, East side of Glen Roy, Lonan. (St) Patrick’s Well. Manx folklore is full of tales of fairies, brownies, and phynodderrees, and the influence these […]
Chibbyr Drine (38) – Malew
Information Chibbyr Drine, Malew. Thorn Tree Well. A spring of fresh water about half a mile North of Langness farmhouse, Malew, on the margin of high-water mark. Its name suggests […]
Chibbyr Unjin (130) – Malew
Information Chibbyr Unjin (Ash Tree Well) or Chibbyr Undin (Foundation Well), Grenaby, Malew. It is usually referred to as Chibbyr Unjin. It will be of service if I put on […]
Old Well(?) (188) – Tromode
Information Old Well (?), Tromode, Douglas. This record is sourced from the imuseum in relation to a sketch by John Miller Nicholson in 1867. The text on the sketch has […]
Ballakinnag Well (187) – Ballaugh
Information Ballakinnag Well, Ballaugh. There is a catalogue entry on the imuseum which states Notes on stepped well at Ballakinnag Farm, Ballaugh, collected by M. Quilliam and C. Quilliam. Date(s): […]
Chibbyr Vreeshey (186) – Marown
Information Chibbyr Vreeshey, Marown. (St) Bridget’s Well “There was mention of a well, Chibbyr Vreeshey, in the field below, that had an association with the keeill and until the twentieth […]
Glencrutchery Well (53) – Conchan
Information Glen Crutchery Well, Conchan. “So you have not heard what the Mooayer-ny-Booiagh does?” said the old lady; “then I will tell you. There was a servant girl at Bemahague, […]
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Isle of Man Wells welcomes the opportunity to visit as many wells and springs as possible, particularly on private land and with the owner’s permission. If you would like to issue an invitation for us to visit a well or spring on your property please contact Ber Weyde. Information can be made public or withheld as a private record.