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<< Text Pages >> Clerk's Well (Farringdon Lane) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Greater London

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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Clerk's Well (Farringdon Lane)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.401 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Greater London Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Clerkenwell (EC1)
Map Ref: TQ3145282134
Latitude: 51.522832N  Longitude: 0.106651W
Condition:
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4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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no data 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
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Greater London

The Journal of Antiquities features a page for this well - see their entry for Clerk’s Well, Farringdon Lane, Clerkenwell, London E.C.1. The Journal tells us: "it may have originally been a holy well, but was probably more a sacred well, where, in the distant past, miracle plays were performed by the parish clerks; further back into history it was perhaps associated with St Mary's nunnery …. adjoining the nunnery was St John's Priory, the headquarters of the medieval Knights Hospitallers".

The Journal adds the well was re-discovered in 1924 after having been lost for some time. A pump at the corner of Ray Street used to be connected to this chalybeate spring, which was first recorded in 1174. It is now located down some steps in the basement of no. 16 Well Court, a modern office block in Farringdon Lane, between Ray Street and Vine Street.

The Journal lists reference sources and related websites which provide more information. The well is also scheduled as Historic England List ID 1298055 and recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 404731.
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TQ3182 : Clerkenwell by Peter Trimming
by Peter Trimming
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TQ3182 : Clerkenwell profile by Bill Boaden
by Bill Boaden
©2016(licence)
TQ3182 : Looking across Clerkenwell Road by Christopher Hilton
by Christopher Hilton
©2018(licence)
TQ3182 : Green et Noir, Clerkenwell by David Martin
by David Martin
©2019(licence)
TQ3182 : The Green, Clerkenwell by Andrew Abbott
by Andrew Abbott
©2019(licence)

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