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unusual facts about Fonty's Pool


Fonty's Pool

Public liability insurance issues led to the closure of Fonty's Pool in 2005, when its insurance policy was revoked.


Devil's Pool

In 2005, the Australia TV program Message Stick gave an account of the Pool through interviews and testimonies of witnesses to investigate the prevalence of deaths to young male travellers over the years.

Mermaid's Pool

Henry Kirke White wrote a poem about a young man who drowned in the pool after he had fallen in love with her.

Redmires Reservoirs

The three reservoirs are named Upper, Middle and Lower and date from 1836 and were built to provide clean drinking water via a water course down to Barker's Pool 5½ miles away following the devastating Sheffield cholera epidemic of 1832.


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