Sherlock Bones Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Hi, Seasons Greetings, Would anyone know the whereabouts of Jacobs Well Warrington, Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Never heard of it although there is a Jacobs Well in Surrey / Bradford... Do you have any other info at all such as date/period etc etc and I'll try and find out for you although I imagine the likes of Indiana James or The Man In Black may be able to tell you more if it did exist in Warrington. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Bones Posted January 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Yes MIB may know, i have a picture but am unsure as yet how to upload pictures on this forum, the small print mentions Highcliff if that is any more help. bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Bones Posted January 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Small correction, its Hill Cliffe and on the 1924 map there are 2 places south of stockton heath with that name, i also found this link, is this at one of the sites mentioned? http://churches-of-christ.ws/hillcliffe.htm bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 That is the area known as Hillcliffe. Can't say I have seen a church around there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Student Geoff Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Looks like it's a residential property now, Bert Quenell's senior athletes used to train up Red Lane (our hill session - nice and steepfor Warrington) which passes the chapel every Tuesday maybe that's were we got our spirtual inspiration from in the 1980's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_b Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Jacobs well is carved in the sandstone wall of the track known as Jacobs ladder,at Hillcliffe going towards the reservoir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 I've caught up now. If you travel up Red Lane to the Cemetery, and instead of following the road round, go straight across. You come to high sandstone on both sides of the road. Jacob's Well is just there.(on the right?) A word of warning you cannot drive through to the Reservoir without wrecking your suspension or losing your exhaust, but you can turn around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Do you mean the 'trough' cut out in the sandstone wall? It used to scare the living daylights out of me as a kid/teen as the story was that the witch who once lived there used to get her water from the trough and you should never ever look into it Didn't know it was an actual well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Bones Posted January 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Hi all, and thanks for the info, i have just had a ride out there, took a bit of finding, spoke to a few locals, they tell me the well was for the horses draging stone out of the quarry, i do not see it a part of the church mentioned in the linked website, some great views over warrington from the top of the hill, all this came from a postcard shot circa 1907 i found, many thanks! Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_b Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 In 1855,the well is just out of shot on the left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Mike, That's very interesting. Where do you find pictures like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 It's found in the above posting of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 As you say Dismayed, it looks a lot different now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_b Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Another 1855 view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Student Geoff Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 That's a neat picture and one I know well (excuse the pun) from my runs from Walton Hall - who would think that you can see sites like that in Warrington well you can and more - didn't the Van de ? from Man Untd have a house close by the site of the well ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Bones Posted January 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 i have just noticed some pictures posted, i can not see them, i just get an icon where they should be, can anyone explain as i would love to see them, and maybe how i can upload the 1905 picture i have of it. bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Student Geoff Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 I see or don't see because I too can't view them - it's probably because the link is wrong or we havn't got access to the link - it's https://system.hpacde.org.uk/picturecheshire/jpgl/c02136.jpg - I get web page can't be found.aybe we havn't got theright software - whatever HPASDE is Maybe Mike_b can help us? [ 11.01.2008, 23:41: Message edited by: Student Geoff ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 The pics were embedded/viewable in the postings a few days ago cos I saw them .... Now, like you say, I too only see a little box with a red cross in it.. Perhaps Gary can sort it cos he's clever like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_b Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 I think the wicked witch took them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 The rumours were true then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jac55 Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 I didn't realize the sandstone cuttings were called Jacobs Ladder. When I was growing up my grandmother used to always call it the Roman Cuttings. Does anyone know why this would be and also, who created the cuttings through the sandstone? Was it the Romans? Would love to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man in Black Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 As far as I know the following is true: The reason the Sandstone Cut was called 'The Roman Cutting' is because a ghost story was current up to the 1970's that a troop of Roman Soldiers marched out of one wall and into the other on moonlit nights, waist deep in the road. Why this story should be so is a mystery due to another more factual story: The earliest graphitti carved into the walls of the Sandstone Cut is dated '1742' and the story goes that the cuttng was made by workers preparing for the Bridgewater Canal - the deal being that the canal would proceed without difficulty and the sandstone taken used in construction providing the cut was made to allow local farmers improved access to developing farms beyond. Given the 'Enclosure Act' of the 1730's and improvements made by Admiral Daniel Hoare at Bellfields Farm in the 1750's and 1760's, this is quite believable. A lime kiln from this period also exists in the private woods beyond the cutting. When Jacob's Well was cleared of debris in the 1970's the oldest coin with a readable date was a penny of 1822, but older highly corroded coins were represented. About 75 coins were found indicating the limited use of Jacob's Well as a wishing well but I've never heared of a witch using it ! Cromwell's Cottage, which stood in the cemetary on Hill Cliff up to the early 1900'ds, was said to be lived in 'by a witch' but was one of only 4 houses/farms on the hill at that time. Hope that helps :angelwings: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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