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
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

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