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<< Our Photo Pages >> Ab Kettleby - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Leicestershire and Rutland

Submitted by enkidu41 on Tuesday, 31 August 2004  Page Views: 11450

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Ab Kettleby
Country: England County: Leicestershire and Rutland Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Melton Mowbray  Nearest Village: Ab Kettleby
Map Ref: SK724229
Latitude: 52.798812N  Longitude: 0.927621W
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
no data Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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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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
0no data
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Holy Well in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Ab Kettleby's Holy Well is in a picturesque setting near the village pond and surrounded by orange-coloured ironstone cottages.

Traditionally, it provided a good supply and never ran dry. After the construction of new houses nearby in 1992 the well dried up, but by 2001 was flowing copiously again. Unfortunately in 2001 an ugly metal grating was fitted that blocks all access to the water. The present well structure is a truncated pyramid just over a yard high and surmounted by what at first glance appears to be an upturned font but was probably a previous basin for the well.

Rheumatic illnesses were said to be cured by the water.

Based on the description by, and used by kind permission of, Bob Trubshaw, from his Interactive
Little-known Leicestershire and Rutland
CD-ROM.
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SK7222 : Church of St James, Ab Kettleby by Tim Heaton
by Tim Heaton
©2006(licence)
SK7222 : Across the fields to Ab Kettleby by Andrew Tatlow
by Andrew Tatlow
©2013(licence)
SK7222 : Church of St James the Greater in Ab Kettleby by Mat Fascione
by Mat Fascione
©2014(licence)
SK7222 : Church of St James the Greater, Ab Kettleby by Tim Heaton
by Tim Heaton
©2012(licence)
SK7222 : Benchmark on tower buttress of St James's Church by Roger Templeman
by Roger Templeman
©2017(licence)

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Re: Ab Kettleby by Anonymous on Wednesday, 03 October 2007
Condition: good
Ambience: good
Access:very good
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Re: Ab Kettleby by Anonymous on Tuesday, 18 October 2005
the well in AK was a village well, there is no local history of it being a healing well.
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