2019
NY6367 : Sulphur spring at Gilsland Spa
taken 6 years ago, near to Gilsland, Northumberland, England
Sulphur spring at Gilsland Spa
The original spa well and its associated buildings were further along the gorge. This outlet was built close to the lower footbridge in 1964.
In Robinson's “Essay towards a Natural History of Westmorland and Cumberland” in 1709 Gillesland Spa is mentioned as “a sulphurated spa so strong of the mineral that the smell of the water may be smelt at a great distance from it. It tingeth silver with a goldish or copperish colour. It seems by the taste and smell it hath of gunpowder to have something of nitre in it. By bathing it cures itches, scabs, and ulcers in the flesh and skin.”
Quoted in Gillesland by G. G. Mounsey (1865) Link
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In Robinson's “Essay towards a Natural History of Westmorland and Cumberland” in 1709 Gillesland Spa is mentioned as “a sulphurated spa so strong of the mineral that the smell of the water may be smelt at a great distance from it. It tingeth silver with a goldish or copperish colour. It seems by the taste and smell it hath of gunpowder to have something of nitre in it. By bathing it cures itches, scabs, and ulcers in the flesh and skin.”
Quoted in Gillesland by G. G. Mounsey (1865) Link
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- Grid Square
- NY6367, 149 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Andrew Curtis (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Sunday, 14 April, 2019 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 16 April, 2019
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NY 6355 6780 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:0.2054N 2:34.2828W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: NY 63547 67815
- View Direction
- South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
