Menacuddle

Menacuddle is a historic place, holy well and wooded area in St Austell, Cornwall.[1] It has a reputation for being haunted.[2]

The holy well was built in the 15th century and restored by Admiral Sir Charles John Graves Sawles shortly after WWI in memory of his son who was killed in action.[3] It is a popular spot with ramblers.[4] Its name is recorded as Menequidel in 1250 and Menedcudel in 1284 and comes from the Old Cornish mened and cuydel and it means hillside with a small wood. It does NOT include a saint's name and there was no St Guidel[5] It was also known as Pinni-menny. "This was, (and is now by a few) the name given to the little chapel-well near Trenance bridge, St. Austell. Young people wanting to know their fortune, dropped pins into the well and "wished.""[6] It is a monument scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, NHLE list number 1019163.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Menacuddle Well, Menacuddle Woods, St Austell · cornishmemory.com". cornishmemory.com. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  2. ↑ Millar, Joey (11 May 2016). "Walker finds HUMAN REMAINS in eerie wood haunted by". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "'Beast' spotted at holy well | St Austell Voice". www.staustellvoice.co.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "St Austell Walk". Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  5. ↑ Craig Weatherhill, "Placenames in Cornwall and Scilly" 2005, page 122.
  6. ↑ Jago"The Ancient Language and the Dialect of Cornwall" 1882
  7. ↑ England, Historic. "Menacuddle Well, Treverbyn - 1019163| Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2017.

Coordinates: 50°20′45″N 4°47′46″W / 50.3457°N 4.7960°W / 50.3457; -4.7960

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