Dorothy's Well, Portinscale, Cumbria is a water well built as a memorial to his invalid daughter by Dorothy by Rev. Christian, vicar of Crosthwaite.

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Dorothy's Well, Portinscale. Dorothy's Well was erected by the Rev. Christian, vicar of Crosthwaite 1728-58, as a memorial to his daughter. Dorothy (1730-72) was an invalid who watched the horses go by this crossroads from her window. The memorial was created from an existing water trough for horses. Inscription: Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again, but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst.

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Size: 3771px × 5053px
Location: Portinscale, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom.
Photo credit: © Andrew Bell / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ajgb, arch, christian, crosthwaite, cumbria, dorothy, dorothys, inscription, memorial, memory, monument, portinscale, portrait, rev, slate, stone, trough, vicar, water