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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Newell''s Well (Glentham)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 3.299 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Lincolnshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Gainsborough / Market Rasen Nearest Village: Glentham
Map Ref: SK981897
Latitude: 53.395028N Longitude: 0.52619W
Condition:
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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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Lincolnshire
Situated just south of the A631 between the villages of Glentham and Caenby Corner, The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for this holy well - see their entry for Newell’s Well, Glentham, Lincolnshire.
TNA give directions for finding this well, together with a photograph and a brief archaeology & history and local folklore. TNA add that the site is now enveloped in scrub and a report by Sutton from 1997 states: "An old boy told me about the ‘healing well of Glentham. It was named after a saint but I can’t remember the name he used. Some folk call it Newell’s well. Many people came to take the healing waters and in the spring of the year, the Church held an annual service for ‘good water for the rest of the year’, the service marked a new year of the waters. The well was dressed in a traditional way using clay and flower petals to make some kind of picture, usually a saint. I’m told it look very impressive."
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