Fentynyow Kernow (as Rich supposed) has an entry for this well, but as the
well of St Ambrusca (p. 52). There's a picture of the door, which was still
there when Cheryl Straffon did her research. The book was published in 1998,
and was £4.95 then. She says the door is kept locked. The main additional
pieces of info are map ref, SW789 607, and that a chapel once nearby has now
disappeared. 'St Ambrews [?Well]' appears to be written over the door;
there's nothing in Farmer's Oxford Dictionary of Saints about her, and I
don't have the relevant volume of Doble.
Christine Buckley
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Sent: 23 March 2000 16:30
Subject: Re: St. Ambrews Well
> In a message dated 3/22/00 8:48:34 PM GMT Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> > St. Ambrews Well.
> > This well is located in Crantock, near Newquay in Cornwall. It used to
> have
> > a wooden carved doorway with the face of, presumably, St. Ambrew, who I
> > suspect was a woman.
>
> I wonder if this name might be a form of Ambrosius / Emrys?
>
> Henry Gough-Cooper
>
> visit the Scottish Place-Name Society website at
> http://www.st-and.ac.uk/institutes/sassi/spns/index.htm
>
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