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<< Our Photo Pages >> Botyl Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Buckinghamshire

Submitted by enkidu41 on Saturday, 18 December 2004  Page Views: 8680

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Botyl Well Alternative Name: St Botolph's Well
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.106 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Buckinghamshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Buckingham  Nearest Village: Botolph Claydon
Map Ref: SP732245
Latitude: 51.914229N  Longitude: 0.937187W
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
 1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 2 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
0No data.
 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
0no data
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Botyl Well
Botyl Well submitted by DavidCWoods : Reports of its death may be premature (but only just!). Shown on the 1885 OS map I visited Berrowood Farm, just beyond the village pond, and got directions to the well. It is in the angle of the adjoining L-shaped field, and on private land. The well is covered by a concrete slab with a brick surround, but if someone lifted the slab.... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Situated in the hamlet of Botulph Claydon, Botyl Well has recently been rediscovered. It is supposedly dedicated to St. Botulph, an East Anglian Abbot who died c.680, who was, according to St. Cedfrid a man "of remarkable life and learning".

There may, however, be an element of folk etymology involved. Botyl, still the name of the main street, is simply the Old English word "botl" meaning "house" and may have been corrupted (perhaps deliberately by the early church to erase pagan influences) to Botulph. There seems little reason to suppose that St. Botulph came this far west from his 'home base' of Lincolnshire.

Note: Botyl Well rediscovered.
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Botyl Well submitted by enkidu41 : This picture shows the position and proximity to Bernwood Farm in the background. Note the low level of the well in relation to the surrounding land as identified in the caption to DavidCWoods picture. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Botyl Well
Botyl Well submitted by enkidu41 : This was taken when I visited the site on 3/12/2004. I was not convinced that it was Botyl Well but fellow contributor, DavidCWoods, has convinced me otherwise. The unprepossessing concrete slab and brick surround was hidden from view (to me anyway) by a thick cover of moss which can be seen in the picture pushed to one side. Only the intuitive 6th sense of my wife led to its discovery. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Botyl Well
Botyl Well submitted by DavidCWoods : To put the site in context, it is below the level of the field. It appears from the map as though the well feeds the village pond, this is not so - in fact, the well is at a lower level. The pond is apparently fed from one of the many other springs in the area. The slab may just be seen in this picture, at the bottom of the slight depression. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SP7324 : Cottage on Orchard Way, Botolph Claydon by David Howard
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SP7324 : Thatched cottage on Orchard Way, Botolph Claydon by David Howard
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SP7324 : Cottage on Orchard Way, Botolph Claydon by JThomas
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SP7324 : Houses on Orchard Way, Botolph Claydon by JThomas
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SP7324 : Botolph Claydon by Mr Biz
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Re: Botyl Well by enkidu41 on Tuesday, 21 December 2004
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The well lies in a field behind the houses of Orchard Way. Access to the field is via a public right of way footpath running up the side of one of the houses in Orchard Way just passed the quaint but now disused bus shelter. Cross a stile into the field and the well is about 10' to the left.
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