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-Sawle shortly after the First World War 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
- "Menacuddle Well, Menacuddle Woods, St Austell ยท cornishmemory.com". cornishmemory.com. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- Millar, Joey (11 May 2016). "Walker finds HUMAN REMAINS in eerie wood haunted by". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- "'Beast' spotted at holy well | St Austell Voice". www.staustellvoice.co.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- "St Austell Walk". Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- Craig Weatherhill, "Placenames in Cornwall and Scilly" 2005, page 122.
- Jago"The Ancient Language and the Dialect of Cornwall" 1882
- Historic England. "Menacuddle Well, Treverbyn (1019163)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 October 2017.