<< Our Photo Pages >> Lady Well (Ancaster) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Lincolnshire
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Lady Well (Ancaster)Country: England
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County: Lincolnshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Village: Ancaster
Map Ref: SK98404332
Latitude: 52.978205N Longitude: 0.535944W
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 |
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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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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 |
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Leland notes that there was an old chapel dedicated to St. Mary and a hermitage. In Victorian times the water was tapped as a source of water for the village and a large cistern and pipe system established. This was removed and the well had become a boggy area, finally it was restored. However in the 1990s as a result of the spring being used to stock fish the well was lined with clay to prevent water loss.
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page for this holy well - see their entry for Lady Well, Ancaster, Lincolnshire, which has a photograph of the pool (which is on private land, but can be seen to the right of the entrance to the reserve) and directions for finding the well pool.
The well is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No, 325930, the summary of which reads: "A spring in Dovecote Close, Ancaster is known as Lady Well. It is said that a chapel mentioned by Leland was also in this field, but the chapel is not in the same field as the spring, and it would appear that .... has misinterpreted Leland, Lady Well is reputed to have been the water supply of the Roman town of Ancaster. This is a natural spring, with no masonry evident." Please note the grid reference given by Pastscape is SK 9838 4327. The grid reference given by The Northern Antiquarian, SK 9840 4332, is right in the middle of the well pool.
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