<< Our Photo Pages >> St Agnes Well, Longham - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Norfolk
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Agnes Well, LonghamCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 2.892 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Norfolk Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Gressenhall Nearest Village: East Dereham
Map Ref: TF94831586
Latitude: 52.705333N Longitude: 0.882335E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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rocket couldn't find on 11th May 2021 This site is no longer accessible to the public
The Norfolk Heritage Explorer says that it "formerly had [a] brick well head, now replaced by clay bank and pond".
When we visited we found the remains of an iron gate covering a concrete well head. This did have bricks so it could have been the original one reused. Some of the water from this was being piped off in a rather Heath Robinson manner but another spring-point, directly below the concrete construction, was also pouring clear water directly out of the chalky ground. This created a pool which ran off into a streamlet, which then fed into the small brook, flowing past which is the parish boundary between Gressenhall and Longham.
Behind the well head is a body of water which although has been artificially expanded is in fact is a 'blow well'. This has lots of small springs coming up into its base and each lets off some big bubbles of carbon dioxide every so often. From reading around on the subject this pool, which seems to be part of a fairly large spring field including the spring with the well head and the one below it, could actually be the real St Agnes Well.
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