List of Isle of Man Wells
A Collection of Named and Unnamed Wells from Various Written and Oral Sources
Below is the current list of wells which continues to have records added to it. Records are not in alphabetical order and inclusions are/will be from various sources e.g. W Walter Gill’s list and references in his three Manx Scrapbooks (1929, 1932 and 1962); Cyril Paton’s Manx Calendar Customs (1946), the Manx Archaeological Survey Reports, Manx Folk-life Survey, IOMPRO, miscellaneous publications, oral information etc.
Most wells will eventually have an individual record and to access a record, please click on the well name if it has a link. A record will attempt to provide the following:
- information about the well – sourced from books, documents, oral tradition or following a site visit
- a well’s location and access – if a well’s location is known and it has public access this will be provided. If the well is on private land, its location may be withheld at the landowner’s request. A record will clearly state whether access is available or not
- a well category/categories – e.g. if it was recorded as a fairy well, healing well, holy well, wine well, domestic well, flax well, wishing well etc
- photographs/video/artwork – if available
- links – to further information
A further 50+ records are still to be added to this list as at 3/3/21.
~ Ber Weyde
Ref. No. | Well Name (if known) | Location (if known) | Source | Comment |
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1 | Chibber Air | On Croit ny Howe, Clay Head, Lonan | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – Usually translated as ‘Gold Well’ |
2 | Chibbyr yn Argid | Patrick | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – Well of the Silver |
3 | Chibber yn Arragh | Ballaragh, Lonan | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – Well of the good ploughland. Two roadside wells of this name |
4 | Auleaugh | Kirk Michael | Gill 1929 | See Bishop’s Well |
5 | Ballachrink Well | Conchan | Gill 1929 | |
6 | Chibbyr Ballacrele | Rowany | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – now filled in. Aka Ballakneale Well, an old quarterland name. Was near the site of a keeill. Per Paton – alternative spelling, ‘Ballacreale’. |
7 | Ballacross Well | Ballacross, Arbory | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – Still used by Arbory Church in 1916. The well stood by a cross where all christenings used to be made. |
8 | Ballig Well | Conchan | Gill 1929 | Believed to ebb and flow in sympathy with the tide. |
9 | Chibbyr Barraharstal | Harstal, Patrick | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – Used exclusively by fishermen due to location |
10 | Chibber Baltane | NE of Bradda Mooar | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – Also recorded as Chibber Valthane, Voltane, Oltane, Beltaine or Ny Tain. Meaning of name not provided. Per Paton – This is a sacred well. Per IOM Wells – Rediscovered 2020. Recorded as a rag well (healing), fairy well and possibly a holy well. |
11 | Chibbyr y Bet | Ballaragh, Lonan | Gill 1929 | Named for Betty Caley living nearby |
12 | Betty’s Well | Seafield, Santon | Gill 1929 | Seafield is now known as Arragon house. Per Gill – the well is named after Betty Kneale. Visited by fishermen to secure luck. |
13 | Big Well (the) | Big Well St, Douglas | Gill 1929 | Following Lord Street and Shaws Brow redevelopment, the well no longer exists. Photograph of it on imuseum. |
14 | Chibbyr Billy Dee | Cregneish, Rushen | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – D-shaped well. Best water in the village. Continued to be largely patronised in the first quarter of the 20th century. |
15 | Bishop’s Well (the) | Bishop’s Glen, Michael | Gill 1929 | |
16 | Chibbyr Bob | Cregneish, Rushen | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – the usual domestic kind |
17 | Chibbyr Boghtyn | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – Pauper’s Well | |
18 | Brandy Well (the) | Near junction of Baldwin & Laxey | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – aka Chibbyr Slieau Maggle |
19 | Brewhouse Well (the) | Castletown | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – mentioned in an extract from the Will of Cath. Halsall, dated 23 Aug 1758 |
20 | Chibbyr Brott | In the Doctor’s Wood, Glen Aldyn, Lezayre | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – Its water was used for bathing the eyes and other parts of the body. ‘Befouled Well’? -broighit. Otherwise ‘Broth Well’. Per Paton – who states this is known to be a sacred well. |
21 | Chibbyr Catreeney | On the shore, Port Erin | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | (St) Catherine’s Well |
22 | Chibbyr Catreeney | Bell Abbey, Arbory | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | (St) Catherine’s Well. Per Gill – Catherine’s or Colby Fair used to be held here on 25 Nov (OC), later 6 Dec. |
23 | Chibbyr y Chiarn | At the head of Glen Dhoo, Ballaugh and/or on Slieau Curn | Gill 1929; imuseum | Lord’s Well |
24 | Chibbyr y Chiarn | SE corner of field called Magher y Chiarn | Gill 1929 | |
25 | Ny Chibberyn | Cronk ny Chibberagh, Ballachrink, Patrick | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘The Wells’. Roadside stream-fed basins. |
26 | Chibbyr y Chree Baney aka Chibbyr Cree-Bane | In the mountains south of Ballaugh | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – Mentioned in the Revd W Kermode’s MS Account of the parish. |
27 | Chibbyr y Chrink | In Garey y Cleragh, Maughold | Gill 1929 | |
28 | Christian’s Well | Peel | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – the surname ‘Christian’. |
29 | Chibber ny Clara | On Baare ny Clara, Cornaa Mill, Maughold | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Well of the Plank Bridge’. |
30 | Chibbyr Coan y Chleiy | Rises in Coan y Chleiy, Corvalley, Rushen | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – ‘Well of the valley of the hedge’. Photographs submitted by Katie Newton. |
31 | Chibbyr ny Craue | A mountain well | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – Visited every first Sunay in August. He does not specify location. |
32 | Chibbyr ny Creg | Ballelby, Patrick | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – ‘Well of the Rock’. |
33 | Crogga Well | Crogga, Santon | Gill 1929 | Formerly a ‘Fairy Well’. Now partly drained and damaged as a thing of beauty. |
34 | Chibbyr Cronk Espart | Shenvalley, Rushen | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Evening-hill Well’. |
35 | Chibbyr Cronk Quinney or Chonney | On the west side of Perwick, Rushen | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – ‘Gorse hill well’ or ‘Quinney’s hill well’. |
36 | Chibbyr Crosslan or Crashlan | Cregneish, Rushen | Gill 1929 | |
37 | Chibbyr Donean | Baldrine, Laxey | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – ‘Donncadh’s (Duncan’s) Well’. Per Paton – ‘Donkan’. |
38 | Chibbyr Drine | North of Langness farmhouse, Malew | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – ‘Thorn Tree Well’. |
39 | Farrane Fing (the) | At Braid Farrane Fing, Slieau Ruy, Lonan | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Clear Spring’. |
40 | Fairy Well, (the) | Thalloo Holt, Slieau Rea(?), Lonan | Gill 1929 | Two spring-wells fill two little pools. Fairy story associated with this. |
41 | Fairy Well, (the) | At the Fairy bridge and ford neat Oakhill, Braddan | Gill 1929 | |
42 | Chibbyr Feeayr | Cronkbreck, Grenaby, Malew | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – ‘Cold Well’. Per IOM Wells – Visited in 2019. Accessible to public and still in very good condition. |
43 | Chibbyr Feeyney | On Lheeaney Fheeyney, Ballacree, Bride | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – Possibly ‘wine well’ but ‘leeyney’ occurs in other Manx place-names and the meaning is not always clear. |
44 | Chibbyr Feeyney | Somewhere on the north side of the glen, Glen Roy, Lonan | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | |
45 | Chibbyr ny Ferrishyn | In Close ny Ferrishyn, Gob y Volley, Lezayre | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – ‘Well of the Fairies’. |
46 | Chibbyr Folta/Volta | Stood close to the old lighthouse at the north end of the beach, Port Erin | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – aka Chibbyr Volta. Now covered and piped. |
47 | Chibbyr ny Gabbyl | About 300 yards NE of Meayll Circle, Rushen | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – ‘Well of the horse (or horses)’. The Fairies had an exhibition at this well. |
48 | Chibbyr ny Garey Dhoo | Cregneish, Rushen | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Well of the dark wasteland’. |
49 | Chibbyr y Geayee | Above Gob y Volley, Lezayre | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Well of the wind’. |
50 | Geill (the) | At the Rule, Sulby, Lezayre | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Geill’ = spring. |
51 | Chibbyr y Geill | Rhenab, Maughold | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Well of the spring’. A bubbling well. |
52 | Chibbyr ny Ghlion | Glen Down, near Port Erin | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Well of the Glen’. Once a picturesque draw-well, but recently destroyed by the tenant. |
53 | Glencrutchery Well | Conchan | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – there is a resident supernatural protector, the Old Man of Glencrutchery. A Fairy Well. |
54 | Chibbyr Ghlion ny Cain | Spaldrick, near Port Erin | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – ‘Cain’s-glen well’ or possibly ‘Sea-glen well.’ A domestic well. |
55 | Chibbyr Gorran | Between Agneash and Croit ny Claghbane, Lonan | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – The Gaelic ‘garran’ means a thicket or shrubbery but there is nothing of the kind there now. A likelier explanation is the Manx ‘garron’ a pony. Per Paton – this is listed as a sacred well. |
56 | Chibbyr Harree | Lezayre | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill -‘Harry’s Well’ or ‘Colts’ Well; sharree. Per Paton – listed as ‘Harres’. |
57 | Henry Kermode’s Well | West of Spaldrick Glen, near Port Erin | Gill 1929 | |
58 | Chibbyr Hidee | In the courtyard of Castle Rushen | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – ‘Tide well’. Like Ballig Well, Conchan, it is said to rise and fall with the tide. |
59 | Chibbyr y Himma | Ballafesson, Rushen | Gill 1929 | ‘Well of the ridge’. One of the numerous wells which ‘never run dry’. |
60 | Howe Well | On the north side of the high road from Cregneish to Corvalley | Gill 1929 | The chief source of water for the neighbourhood |
61 | Chibbyr Inch | Westward of Sulby Glen, between it and Ballaugh Glen, Lezayre | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – Purports to be a sacred well. Per Paton – Listed as a sacred well. |
62 | John Caley’s Well | Ballacaley, Lezayre | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – A ‘John Caley of the Well’ is buried in Lexayre Churchyard in 1765. |
63 | John Caley’s Well | Cronk y Chuill, Lonan | Gill 1929 | |
64 | Julia Morgan’s Well | Between the two Renshents on the Foxdale Road, Marown | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – Julia was the wife of an Irishman who lived in a cottage close by. |
65 | Kinley’s Well | Peel | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – The surname. |
66 | Chibber Kione Spainey | Spanish Head, Rushen | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – ‘Spanish Head well’. |
67 | Lady’s Well | At the top of Chapel Bay, Port St Mary | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – The ‘Lady’ in question is the Virgin Mary after whom the vanished chapel, once adjacent, and the present Port, were named. |
68 | Chibber Laish (or Lace) | Ballaugh Curragh | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – ‘Cure well’; ‘lheihys’. Per Paton – who lists this as a sacred well. |
69 | Chibbyr Lansh | On the high ground west of Sulby Glen, Lezayre | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – It is mentioned in ‘Feltham’s Tour (1798). Per Paton – who lists this as a sacred well. |
70 | Chibbyr Leaky | Bradda, Rushen | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – ‘Falling water well’; ‘lhieggey’. |
71 | Chibbyr Lieen | The Mull, Rushen | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – ‘Flax Well’. |
72 | Chibber Lhiondaig | The Mull, Rushen | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Lhiondaig’ an even, grassy plot in a valley. This well is near Chibber Cronk Espart. |
73 | Chibber ny Lhargagh | South of the Sloc, Rushen | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – ‘Well of the slope’. |
74 | Lord Henry’s Well | On Laxey beach, about 1/4 mile SW of the harbour | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – Named after Lord Henry Murray, son of the Duke of Atholl. |
75 | Chibber y Lurchan | On Balladhoo, NW of the Liverpool Arms | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Well of the hillside’. |
76 | Chibber Lieh-Laa aka Chibber Mun Laa aka Chibbyr Malaa | At Cardle Veg, Maughold | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – ‘Half-day well’ or ‘Mid-day well’. Near the ancient keeill and burial ground. |
77 | Chibber Maghal | Maughold | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | ‘Maughold’s Well’. See St Maughold’s Well (ref. 117) |
78 | Chibbyr Mappy | At the side of the road going down to the Sound, Rushen | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – ‘Mappy’ (Martha) was the name of an old woman who lived near and used the well. |
79 | Moir ny Hushtaghyn | Glen Rushen | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Mother of the Waters’. Unsure if this is a genuine Manx expression or was coined by Manx translators of the bible. |
80 | Chibbyr Mooar | In one of the Glebe fields, Maughold village | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | ‘Big Well’ |
81 | Chibbyr Morag | On Rhenab, Maughold | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | |
82 | Chibber Naimey | In the upper part of Surby Moor, Rushen | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | |
83 | Chibber Nalla (or Nulla) | A roadside well in Ballarragh village, Lonan | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | |
84 | Nan Willy’s Well | Between the Chapel and the old Schoolhouse, Upper Sulby Glen | Gill 1929 | |
85 | Nancy’s Well | On the Magher Nancy, just below the south side of the high road, Bradda Mooar, Rushen | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – It is now disused and consequently in a neglected state. |
86 | Chibber Neddy Hom Ruy | Cregneish, Rushen | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – ‘Red Neddy Tom’s Well’. |
87 | Chibber Nell | In a field called the C’nell(?), Ballarragh, Lonan | Gill 1929 | ‘Nell’s Well’. |
88 | Chibber Nerrish | By the haunted ford and footbridge on the Silverburn below the Whallag, Malew | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – (Possibly) ‘Well of the Fairy’ (ferrish). But perhaps a remoter etymon, such as ‘feeayr-ushtey’ (cold water), or the Gaelic ‘fior-uisge’ (fresh water), would be preferable. |
89 | Chibber Niglus | Braddan | Gill 1929 | ‘(St) Nicholas’ Well’. |
90 | Chibber Niglus | On the shore below Cabbal Niglus, Laxey | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – ‘(St) Nicholas’ Well’. Having been desecrated by bloodshed, was filled up many years ago.”-(Mx. Archl. Survey Report, 1915.) Story wanted. The well was in use up to 1887, if not later. Per Paton – this is listed as a sacred well. |
91 | Chibbyr Nink | Ballaragh village, Lonan | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – A roadside well; it lies at the foot of land called ‘The Carnanes’, traditionally a battle-field. |
92 | Nunnery Well (the) | The Nunnery, Douglas | Gill 1929 | See Chibber Vreeshey (144). |
93 | Chibbyr Ooinney or Chibbyr Uney | Baldwin | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – Dedicated to St Ronan. |
94 | Chibbyr Pherick | On Slieau Curn, Ballaugh | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – ‘(St) Patrick’s Well’. |
95 | Chibbyr Pherick | On Lhergey Grawe, east side of Glen Roy, Lonan | Gill 1929; Juan Othigill 1910 | Per Othigill – a wishing well. |
96 | Chibbyr Pherick | Under Corrin’s Hill, Patrick | Gill 1929 | Per IOM Wells – the well still exists. |
97 | Chibbyr Pherick | About 250 yards west of St Patrick’s Chapel, Jurby | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – ‘(St) Patrick’s Well’. Now filled in and drained. Per Paton – this is listed as a sacred well. |
98 | Philowe’s Well | Gill 1929 | See Bishop’s Well (the) | |
99 | Pooyl Hood | East end of Cregneish | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – Formed by a spring and reserved with its trough, for the use of animals |
100 | Chibber Pooyl Sallagh | On the NE slope of Cronk ny Irree Lhaa, Patrick | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per IOM Wells – The name looks like ‘Well of the pool of the willow’ but per Gill he states it is ‘Muddy-pool well’. |
101 | Chibber ny Pot | Between the Howe and Struan-snail, Port Erin | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – The well is said to be named from a pot with which it was furnished but more probably from its boggy site; ‘pot’ means soft ground. |
102 | Chibber y Punch | On the Injebreck turf-grounds, Lezayre | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – Perhaps a corruption of ‘Chibber y Phun’, ‘Well of the Sheepfold or Pound’. |
103 | Chibber ny Queig | In the glen of the Killey, above Churchtown, Lezayre | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – ‘Well of the Five’. The true form of the name may have had some other application that is now forgotten. Per Paton – this is listed as a sacred well. |
104 | The Rag Well | Near the top of Surby Mooar, Rushen | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – It must once have been a sacred well. It is also called the ‘Fairy Well’. |
105 | The Rhyne Well | At the chapel site and ancient burial ground, the Rhyne, Marown | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – Another case of a lost name and probably former sanctuary. |
106 | Chibber Rollin or Ollin | Moore, Manx Names (1890) | ||
107 | Chibber Sanctain | Close to Santon Church | Gill 1929; Train 1798 | Per IOM Wells – Rediscovered 2018. |
108 | St Mary’s Well | Jurby. About 170 yards south of the parish church | Gill 1929 | |
109 | Chibber Woirrey | At the west side of Ballaugh Old Church, near the rectory. | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Mary’s Well’ i.e. the Virgin Mary to whom the church is dedicated. |
110 | Chibber Woirrey | Ballakoig, Ballaugh | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Mary’s Well’. A fresh-water spring in the neighbourhood of low-water mark on the Ballakoig shore exposed only at neap tides. |
111 | Chibber Woirrey | Ballafayle, Maughold | Gill 1929 | ‘Mary’s Well’ |
112 | Chibber Woirrey | About 200 yards west of Ballastole house, Maughold | Gill 1929 | ‘Mary’s Well’ |
113 | Chibber Woirrey | A little east of of Magher Breck House, Maughold | Gill 1929 | ‘Mary’s Well’ |
114 | Chibber Woirrey | About 300 yards west of the parsonage, Ramsey | Gill 1929 | ‘Mary’s Well’ |
115 | Chibber Woirrey | On the site of Messrs Corlett & Cowley’s Mills, South Ramsey (per Gill) | Gill 1929 | ‘Mary’s Well’ |
116 | Chibber y Wirra | At the top of Close Clarke, Malew | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Mary’s Well’. Contributes a trickle to the still slender Awin Ruy. |
117 | St Maughold’s Well | On the north face of Maughold Head | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Paton – this is listed as a sacred well. |
118 | Chibbyr Vael | Near the Carn Vael (?) (Michael’s Cairn), Michael | Gill 1929 | (St) ‘Michael’s Well’ |
119 | Chibber Vael | Near the ruins of Keeill Vael (St Michael’s Chapel), Santon | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Michael’s Well’. This well is not on Gills’ well list but is found in the section on old roads and road lore. |
120 | Chibbyr Pherick aka the Big Well | Above the railway station, Peel | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – Closed and built over about half a century ago. |
121 | Chibber Roney aka Chibbyr Oney | Marown | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – who states this well is dedicated to St Ronan. |
122 | Trinity Well | Kirk Christ, Rushen | Gill 1929; Feltham 1798 | Per Feltham – ‘Near the church…’. Per Gill – ‘It is now undiscoverable and probably non-existent. |
123 | Chibber Scooie | Ballamilghyn, Lonan | Gill 1929 from Lord’s Composition Book | Per Gill – ‘Continuing/Unfailing Well’. Domestic well, still in use in 1929. |
124 | Spooyt Phaddy or Fhaddy | Lhergy Grawe, Lonan | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Paddy’s Spout’. About 50 yards below Chibber Pherick (St Patrick’s Well). |
125 | Spooyt Woodber | Issues from the cliff beside the fine old house, once the chief inn of Port Erin | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Woodworth’s Spout’. |
126 | Chibber Strung | Cregneish, Rushen | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Nose’, the nicknamme of a man who lived near it. |
127 | Towl Dick | Lezayre | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Dick’s hole’ |
128 | Towl ny Bet | Bradda Mooar, Rushen | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Bet’s Well’. Not striclty a well but formerly used as such. |
129 | Towl Meeney | Bradda | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Mine-hole’ |
130 | Chibbyr Unjin | Near a nameless keeill site in Grenaby, Malew | Gill 1929; Paton 1942 | Per Gill – ‘Ash tree well’ though he also queries the name ‘Foundation Well’. Per Paton – who states this is known to be a sacred well. Per IOM Wells – very important well and much visited over centuries for its healing properties. Destroyed by tenant farmer 1899. |
131 | Dub ny Merroo | On Bayr ny Merro (Road of the Dead), Bride | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Pool of the Dead’. Customary route for funerals. |
132 | Chibber Vainnagh | Moore, Manx Names (1890) | Per Gill – No location provided. It may be the same well as Chibber y Varnagh below. | |
133 | Chibber y Varnagh | In the gill, Glen Aldyn, Lezayre | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Well of the wart’. Used to cure warts, hence the name. |
134 | The Wart Well | Stockfield, German | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – Used to cure warts, hence the name. |
135 | Chibber y Varkish | Ballacottier, Bride | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Mark’s Well’. 50 yards NW of Keeill Varkish. Now filled in and drained. |
136 | Chibber y Varkish | Gill 1929 | BMW – check entry | |
137 | Chibber Vashtee | On the narrow mountain track from Eairy Cushlan to Lag ny Keeilley, Patrick. About 100 yards north of the keeill | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Baptism Well’ |
138 | Chibber Vashtee | The Barony, Maughold, a quarter of a mile NNE of Keeill Vael | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Baptism Well’. A recent visit reveals the regrettable fact that it has now been filled in. |
139 | Loughan Keeill Vael | Adjacent to Keeill Vael, Maughold | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Christening Well’ |
140 | Chibber Vear | At the top of Glion ny Veay on the Southern slope of South Barrule | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – Possibly ‘Road Well’. |
141 | Chibber Venten | Port Erin. On the Glendown Road to Port St Mary | Gill 1929 | |
142 | Chibber Vondy | Gill 1929 | BMW check Chibbyr Unjin (130) | |
143 | Chibber Vreeshey | On the western margin of Lough Cranstal, Bride | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Bridget’s Well’. |
144 | Chibber Vreeshey | Near the Obelisk in the Nunnery grounds, Douglas | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Bridget’s Well’. |
145 | Chibber y Vrueh | SE of Spaldrick Glen, Port Erin | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Well of the Bank’. |
146 | Chibber y Vull | A roadside well at Ballakillowey, Rushen | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Well of the Bull’. |
147 | Wishing Well (the) | Silverdale, Malew | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – A pretty little well by the Silverburn now turned into an ‘attraction’. |
148 | Pooylvaash Spring | Pooylvaash, Malew | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – A fresh-water spring on the shore at Pooylvaash. This spring is similar to Chibber y Wirra at Close Clarke, Malew (see ref.116). |
149 | Chibber Wushell | On the highest point of the Calf, close to Thie Vushell (Bushell’s House) | Gill 1929 | |
150 | Yeoman’s Well | Opposite the top of Stanley Road, Peel | Gill 1929; IOMPRO map of Peel 1848 | |
151 | Chibber y Yett | Between Cregneish and Corvalley, Rushen | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Well of the Road’. |
152 | Yon’s Well | Near the Darragh, Port Erin | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘John’s Well’. |
153 | Chibber Yoan Mooir or Joan Mere | Under the Chasms, Rushen | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – On the shore near the sea |
154 | Spring | South Barrule | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – It can only be found once in a lifetime and is reported to have marvellous health-giving properties |
155 | Well | It is in a streamlet at the lower corner of the Glebe, Old Lonan Church | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – It’s name is no longer known but perhaps ‘Chibber Vashtee’ or ‘Chibber Ownan’. The ‘well’ is actually formed in the bed of a streamlet by three large blocks of stone set on edge…’. |
156 | Spring | Kerroodhoo, Dalby | Gill 1929 | |
157 | Well | Between Cregneish and the Howe | Gill 1929, who mentions it from Roeder’s MS | Roeder states there are two wells, ‘one each side of the higheway less than 20 yards apart…they flow in opposite directions…’ |
158 | Well | Between Cregneish and the Howe | Gill 1929, who mentions it from Roeder’s MS | Roeder states there are two wells, ‘one each side of the higheway less than 20 yards apart…they flow in opposite directions…’ |
159 | Spa Well | Ballabrooie, Braddan | Gill 1929, Feltham 1798 | Per Feltham, ‘…because of the inconvenience arising from the resort of company, it was blocked up’. |
160 | Spring | Above the Crossage Bridge, Ballasalla | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – Scarcely more than a spider’s thread, it has the power of granting a wish…’ |
161 | Well | Dreem Crammag, Lezayre | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – Acts as a barometer |
162 | Well | Dreemlang, Marown | Gill 1929, Brown’s Guide to the IOM 1887 | Gill has never seen ‘this prodigy of a well’ and found no evidence of its existence. It is reported to be built entirely of great blocks of quartz, some several tons in weight |
163 | Well | The Lhergy, above Laxey village | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – ‘Buried alive’ a generation ago and it was concealed so well that when the villagers had need of it at a later date, they couldn’t find it despite much digging |
164 | Well | By a little stream, Baljean, Laxey | Gill 1929 | Per Gill – A ‘Wishing Well’ |
165 | Chibbyr Asbyrt | Cregneish | Paton 1942 | Paton provides no other information |
166 | Bannaght | Lezayre | Paton 1942 | Per Paton – ‘Blessed Well’. |
167 | Chibbyr Chiggyrt | Maughold | Paton 1942 | Paton provides no other information. Per IOM Wells – there is a keeill in Maughold called Keeill Chiggyrt. |
168 | Chibbyr Claddagh | Ballaugh | Paton 1942 | Paton provides no other information |
169 | Chibbyr Feeayr | Rushen | Paton 1942 | Per Paton – ‘Cold Well’. |
170 | Chibbyr Ferish | Ballaugh | Paton 1942 | Paton provides no other information. |
171 | Chibbyr Glass | Ballaugh | Paton 1942 | Paton provides no other information |
172 | Chibbyr Karran | Rushen | Paton 1942 | Paton provides no other information |
173 | Chibbyr Karrin | Lezayre | Paton 1942 | Paton provides no other information |
174 | Chibbyr Keeilley | Lezayre Paton 1942 Paton provides no other information 174 Chibbyr Keeilley Patrick | Paton 1942 | Paton provides no other information |
175 | Chibbyr Lattaig | Maughold | Paton 1942 | Per Paton – who attaches a date to this entry of 1783. |
176 | Chibbyr Lheiy | Ballaugh | Paton 1942 | Per Paton – ‘Calf Well’. |
177 | Chibbyr Lhiondaig | Rushen | Paton 1942 | Paton provides no other information |
178 | Chibbyr Niglus | Patrick | Paton 1942 | Paton provides no other information |
179 | Chibbyr Pharick | Bride | Paton 1942 | Paton provides no other information |
180 | Chibbyr ny Meilley | Lonan | Paton 1942 | Paton provides no other information |
181 | Chibbyr Skoij | Lonan | Paton 1942 | Per Paton – who attaches a date to this entry of 1703. |
182 | Chibbyr Slaynt | Lezayre | Paton 1942 | Per Paton – ‘Health Well’. He states this is known to be a sacred well. |
183 | Chibbyr Tushtagh | Andreas | Paton 1942 | Per Paton – who states this is known to be a sacred well. |
184 | Chibbyr Unjin | Bradda | Paton 1942 | Per Paton – ‘Ash Tree Well’. |
185 | St Jacob’s Well | Grey Tower, Ballasalla | imuseum.im | Catalogue entry, May 1938, Letter re: the Holy Well of St Jacob, findings when cleaned out and use of the well. |
186 | Chibbyr Vreeshey | near Keeill Vreeshey, Crosby | manxkeeills.blog | Per manxkeeills.blog – (St) Bridget’s Well. It was reportedly in a field below the keeil. |
187 | Ballakinnag Well | Ballakinnag, Ballaugh | imuseum.im | Recorded as a stepped well. |
188 | Old Well(?) | Tromode, Douglas | imuseum | The imuseum records the wording on the sketch as ‘old well’ but it looks more like ‘old mill’ |
189 | Well | At the side of footpath below Ballaglass Glen car park | Submitted by Katie Newton | |
190 | Ridey-didey’s Well | Near the Braaid on a slope | Manx Folk-life Survey; Submitted by Katie Newton | |
191 | Well | Windsor Terrace, Douglas | Manx Folk-life Survey; Submitted by Katie Newton | |
192 | Esther Garrett’s Well | Cronk-y-Voddy | Healing well. BMW to check book. | |
193 | Kermode Well 1 | Castletown | Mentioned by PMC Kermode in his papers and submitted by Katie Newton | BMW to check and identify which one is referred to. |
194 | Well | Park Llewellyn | Submitted by Katie Newton | Domestic well. |
195 | Well | Injebreck, on unnamed farm | Submitted by Katie Newton | Possibly a domestic well |
196 | Ballaskella Well | Ballaskella, Sulby | Submitted by Katie Newton | Domestic well. |
197 | Well | Ballagyr Road, Patrick | Submitted by Katie Newton | Roadside well. |
198 | Scotchie’s Well | Lower Foxdale | imuseum | Article on Antiquarians’ Visit from Mona’s Herald, 3 Sep 1957: Formerly supplied Lower Foxdale with drinking water is still preserved. |
199 | Billy McLean’s Well | At Billy McLean’s house, rear of Waggett’s Yard, Church Street, Ramsey | imuseum | The well was discovered in 1960. |
200 | Pump | Castletown | imuseum | Catalogue entry found on imuseum |
201 | Village Pump | Andreas | imuseum | Catalogue entry found on imuseum |
202 | Well | Ballachurry House, Rushen | imuseum | Catalogue entry found on imuseum, early 20th century: Looking down into the well at the back of the house. Per IOM Wells – well is not marked on first OS but there is a dam and sluice shown. |
203 | Well | Unknown location | imuseum | Catalogue entry found on imuseum, late 19th century: Two boys drawing water from well. |
204 | Chibbyr Pherick | The well is below Corrin’s Folly/Tower, Peel Hill, Patrick | Cashen 1912 | Per Cashen – a holy and healing well. Per IOM Wells – now neglected |
205 | Well | On the track from Ballaugh Glen to Glen Dhoo | Submitted by Brian Beattie | Photograph held |
206 | Wishing Well | Loch Promenade, Douglas | imuseum | Information from various newspaper articles. Well was offically handed over to the people of Douglas in May 1957. |
207 | The Monks’ Well | Silverdale Glen, Ballasalla | imuseum | ‘Discovered’ in 1902 after disuse and neglect. Today it is regularly visited. Public access. |
208 | Chibbyr Aspick | Peel Castle, Peel | imuseum | Manx Sun newspaper article 1874 |
209 | Laxey Wells | Laxey district | imuseum | 1902 public inquiry re: provision for the disposal of sewage; supply of water for domestic purposes and discussion on the condition of some Laxey district wells. |
210 | Brick-lined Well | Hanover Street/Lord Street, Douglas | imuseum | Catalogue entry found on imuseum; possibly an 18th century well discovered during sewage works in 1953 |