Spring, St James Mount Gardens
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Spring, St James Mount Gardens
Image: © Sue Adair Taken: 8 Mar 2007
The spring was discovered by quarry workers in 1773. Local surgeon, James Worthington wrote of the medicinal virtues of this water, especially for “loss of appetite, nervous disorders, lowness of spirit, headache proceeding from crudities of the stomach, ricketts and weak eyes.” A plaque above the spring reads: Christian reader view in me, An emblem of true charity, Who freely what I have bestow, Though neither heard nor seen to flow, And I have full returns from Heaven, For every cup of water given.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.397558
Longitude
-2.971637