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 about forty years ago; Mrs. Caley’s house now stands over it.

Chibbyr ‘Parick’, Patrick’s Well, was better known as the Big Well. Before the days of the waterworks company it was this well which supplied the fishing fleet with water. Place names form a valuable record, for, even when the name of Chibbyr Parick will soon be forgotten, the Well-brow, the old place-name of the hill which led down to it would have perpetuated its situation; unfortunately, some years ago, this hill was renamed Station Road, thus losing another link with the old history of Peel.

^Reference

^{William Cashen’s Folk-lore, 1912}

 

The quay at Peel years ago was a busy place and our older readers will recall the activities associated with it.

Starting at the bottom of the ‘Well Brew’ (now Station Hill), we found the old well which supplied the water for the people of the district, this being occupied by Mag Sheard (sweets) and Bob Bell (shoemaker).  This is where Viking House now stands.

^Reference

^{Isle of Man Times, 26 April 1957}

Location

The well is not shown on the first OS map of the area but does appear on a plan of Peeltown dated 1848 held by the Isle of Man Public Record Office (see below).

Access

The well no longer exists.

Links

NLS OS 25″ Isle of Man IX.6 Surveyed: 1868 Published: 1885

Isle of Man Times article, 26 April, 1957, on imuseum

1848 Plan of Peeltown, Isle of Man Public Record Office facebook page

Contact

If you have any information on this well please contact me and quote well record number (120) as this will help identify which well you are referring too.