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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Waugh's Well (Edenfield)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.872 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Lancashire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Bury / Burnley Nearest Village: Edenfield / Cowpe
Map Ref: SD82871957
Latitude: 53.672318N Longitude: 2.260766W
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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Lancashire
Not quite the usual holy well, but for walkers over Scout Moor and along the Rossendale Way, this well head, built over the site of an ancient spring, " makes for a fine contemplative viewpoint and resting place" according to the Edenfield Community Forum website.
The Journal of Antiquities also includes an entry for Waugh’s Well, Scout Moor, Near Edenfield, Lancashire which tells us this well is in a windswept and lonely spot. The well head was built in 1866 to commemorate Edwin Waugh, the famous poet, who used to sit by the spring; this is where he is said to have produced his finest work. The well head was then rebuilt in 1966 in memory of Ward Ogden, a local naturalist and rambler.
Also visit the Holcombe Village website for photographs and a little more information about the location of the well in Waugh's time.
Note: Has anyone visited this site? Do you know if there are any local traditions or legends about this spring before the well head was built?
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