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<< Our Photo Pages >> St. Cloud's Well (Longthorpe) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Northamptonshire

Submitted by Anne T on Thursday, 23 November 2017  Page Views: 2974

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St. Cloud's Well (Longthorpe) Alternative Name: Longthorpe Holy Well (Peterborough)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.368 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Northamptonshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Peterborough  Nearest Village: Longthorpe
Map Ref: TL16789815
Latitude: 52.568649N  Longitude: 0.278419W
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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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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St. Cloud's Well (Longthorpe)
St. Cloud's Well (Longthorpe) submitted by Antonine : 2018 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Northamptonshire

This holy well is recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 364086, which tells us: "Near the old Manor House at Longthorpe is a holy well. Included in Morton's list of Holy Wells. The holy well is a natural spring which has been incorporated into a 17/18th century grotto. The spring feeds the adjacent fish ponds ... The spring has been incorporated into a garden layout, perhaps early 18th century. Sir John Bernard was probably responsible for the construction of the well in the mid 18th century."

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page for this well - see their entry for the Holy Well, Longthorpe, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, which gives directions for finding the well, together with a photograph, an archaeology & history and local folklore.

TNA adds: "The site’s greatest fame stems from the tunnel mentioned ... by Thompson, which is said to run from the Holy Well to the Abbey at Peterborough. A blocked-up doorway in the third chamber is described as the entrance to this tunnel, although one can imagine that the nature of the whole edifice would lend to such a belief. Certainly records show that the Abbey was supplied by a conduit at the Infirmary end of the Chapel of St Lawrence. However, it is more likely that this took its waters from the St Leonard’s Well at Spital, whose water also filled the Boroughbury Pools and Swan’s Pool."
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