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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Clerk's Well (Farringdon Lane)Country: England County: Greater London Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Clerkenwell (EC1)
Map Ref: TQ3145282134
Latitude: 51.522832N Longitude: 0.106651W
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 |
0 | no data |
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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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