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Cuddy's Well

Bellingham, Northumberland

A well where St Cuthbert's body is said to have rested.

Beside St Cuthbert's Church in Bellingham is Cuddy's Well, a spring said to have been blessed by St Cuthbert, or to mark where monks rested with his body. Its water was believed to heal, and was used for baptisms.

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When
Medieval
Where
55.1440, -2.2550
Group
Holy wells & springs

Visiting

A short walk from the church in Bellingham.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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