Ludwell is the people’s well, Anglo-Saxon _leod_, people. This water springs out of a cave in the great limestone, where, in olden times, the Weardale folks might have congregated, for the Saxon prefix shows it to have been the well of the people, like Ludlaw, the people’s hill, suggesting the days of village communities, and the days of superstition when wells were in many cases held sacred. These were generally iron wells--locally, _haliwells_. There are many wells known as holywells in this district, some of which are also termed _spa_-wells. This term is from the bath town, Spa, in Belgium, derived from _espa_. Of other wells proper, we might mention Sunderland Well, Hunterley Well, Huntshield Well, Black Dene Well, Carrbrow Well, Earnwell; Anglo-Saxon _earn_, _ern_, an eagle--the eagle’s well. Several names of places in England are from the eagle. Toft Well, east of Stanhope, is the well in the toft or field, and the initial in Totley Well is probably from toft. Bot’s Well, at Frosterley, is supposed to be that of St. Botolph, to which saint, the old chapel, close by the well, was dedicated. Poppet Well is a curious name, and is probably "coppet," from _cop_, a head. The adjectival component in Duntert Well is evidently the same as in Dunter Linn, at Eastgate. Boutes Well is Bolts Well, as in Boltsburn. Berry Well is apparently the well of the mountain, Anglo-Saxon _beorg_, _beorh_, a hill, a mountain. At Newhouse there is a Bank Spring, and at Westgate a Spring Bank, indicating at each place a bank and a spring of water. Cuthbert’s Spring, near Westgate, is in honour of the patron saint of Durham, and it is no wonder that we find the name of St. Cuthbert associated with names of places. On Harthope Moor, and close to the road, is an excellent spring called Jenny’s Meggie, and at Frosterley a spring is called Meggie. _Cleugh_, _gill_, and _sike_ are associated with water. We have in the parish of Stanhope, in round numbers, 30 _cleughs_, 10 _gills_, and 70 _sikes_. _Cleugh_ is from the Anglo-Saxon _clough_, a cleft down the side of a hill; Danish _kloft_; Norwegian _kliufa_, to split--a narrow ravine more like a cleft in the hill than a water-worn valley. Yearn Cleugh, written _earne_ in 1666, is the eagle’s haunt, or that of the falcon, the latter being once reared in Weardale for the purpose of the Bishop’s hunt. In 1666 we find mention of Addercleugh, the adder being frequently found in Weardale. Whick Cleugh--in 1595 written Weekerclough--is probably from the Anglo-Saxon _wic_, a marsh, but more probably from _wice_, the mountain ash, or rowan-tree, well known in the dale, and also known as the wich-elm.