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<< Text Pages >> Whitchurch Holy Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Buckinghamshire

Submitted by HOLYWELL on Thursday, 03 April 2008  Page Views: 4191

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Whitchurch Holy Well
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 3.058 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Buckinghamshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 Nearest Village: Whitchurch
Map Ref: SP806208
Latitude: 51.879950N  Longitude: 0.830489W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Buckinghamshire

This is found in a small wood although the water is culverted into an animal trough. Little is known of it other than the fact that it was petrifying.

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SP8020 : Footpath towards Aston Abbotts by Philip Jeffrey
by Philip Jeffrey
©2013(licence)
SP8020 : Outer Aylesbury Ring by Shaun Ferguson
by Shaun Ferguson
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SP8021 : Hedgerow by an oat field by Philip Jeffrey
by Philip Jeffrey
©2013(licence)
SP8020 : Pasture, Whitchurch by Andrew Smith
by Andrew Smith
©2015(licence)
SP8020 : St John the Evangelist, Whitchurch: hall by Basher Eyre
by Basher Eyre
©2025(licence)

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