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<< Our Photo Pages >> Willow Rundle Spring - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Nottinghamshire

Submitted by HOLYWELL on Monday, 18 February 2008  Page Views: 5543

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Willow Rundle Spring
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 4.651 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Nottinghamshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Newark  Nearest Village: Elston
Map Ref: SK7602047230
Latitude: 53.016982N  Longitude: 0.868257W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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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4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Willow Rundle Spring
Willow Rundle Spring submitted by HOLYWELL : Site in Nottinghamshire The Willow Rundle Spring just found by the road out of Elston (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Nottinghamshire

Fast flowing water fills a very battered trough by the roadside which may need to be cleared of folliage to be seen easily. These waters are thought to be curative. It is said to have been where a soldier from the nearby battle of East Stoke 1487 drank its waters and may be buried here with a willow staff through his body according to a local person I spoke to. The village is not far from the battle site. Clearly, it has a longer history and was seen as healing source to the poor soldier.
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Re: Willow Rundle Spring by Anonymous on Sunday, 30 April 2017
It is claimed it was accidentally severed by the firm building the A46.

The Willow Rundle, made famous in the Battle of Stoke Field in 1487, is dry for the first time in 500 years.

It is said that it quenched the thirst of a dying soldier after he prayed for water during the decisive and final battle in the Wars of the Roses.

Legend has it that the soldier prayed to his patron saint for water as he lay fatally injured on Elston Lane, East Stoke, and pure clear water immediately gushed from a nearby bank.

He and his comrades drank their fill, causing the waters to run red with their blood.

A member of the Pentagon Local History Society, Mr Eric Kirton, says he believes it is the highways work that severed the spring.

The Willow Rundle is in a dip on Elston Lane. The A46 dualling works cut across the top of the lane.

Mr Kirton, 73, of Marsh Lane, Farndon, grew up at East Stoke.

He tracked the path of the spring using divining rods and says it flows to the left under fields that border Elston Lane and towards the roadworks.

He said: “I have never seen it dry.

“I have tracked it and it turns to the left under the hill where the highway is. It has severed it.”

Mr Kirton said he used to drink the water and knows it is pure.

“I was in the military police in Gibraltar in 1956 and my mother used to come here and collect water,” he said.

“She bottled it and sent it to me in Gibraltar wrapped in an Advertiser, because the water there was horrible to drink.

“It has been here for 500 years, and now it is gone. I think it is dreadful to lose a part of our history like this.”

Mr Kirton said meetings held previously with A46 contractors Balfour Beatty, who together with the Highways Agency publicise the quality of the archaeological work being done along the Newark to Widmerpool widening route, had brought assurances that care would be taken not to disrupt the spring.

“We were told they could avoid disturbing it, but the route seems to have been completely severed,” he said.

“They should have looked more deeply. If they found that they couldn’t dig without severing it then they should have let people know.”

The Battle of Stoke Field was the final time a Lancastrian king faced an army of Yorkist supporters.

Rebel John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, and his mercenary army tried to overthrow King Henry VII and place Lambert Simnel, an Irish imposter claiming to be Yorkist claimant Edward Earl of Warwick, on the throne.

After a series of skirmishes, Henry’s forces moved towards Newark after hearing that the rebels had crossed the Trent.

They encountered the Yorkists formed in a long line from Stoke Wood, across the Fosse Way towards Elston. After a battle of several hours the rebels fled towards the Trent.

Many fled down a ravine that became known as The Red Gutter because it was said to have run red with the blood of slaughtered soldiers.

Of about 19,000 men in battle, 7,000 died, of whom 4,000 were rebels and 3,000 were Royalist. All the rebel leaders were killed and The Earl of Lincoln is said to be buried near the Willow Rundle.

The site on Burham Furlong on the outskirts of the village where Henry raised his standard to claim victory is marked by a stone memorial.

A spokesman for Balfour Beatty said: “Balfour Beatty has held and continues to hold discussions regarding the spring with several local stakeholders, including landowners and a historian.

“If we identify any reasonable measures that could be taken we will act accordingly.”

Mr Kirton was doubtful it would be possible to get the spring flowing again.
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