<< Our Photo Pages >> King's Norton - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Leicestershire and Rutland
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: King's NortonCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 3.87 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Leicestershire and Rutland Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Leicester Nearest Village: King's Norton
Map Ref: SK6890100495
Latitude: 52.597889N Longitude: 0.984193W
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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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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Anne T visited on 24th Jun 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Well, St John The Baptist, King's Norton: This is a very posh village, with very large houses. We parked by the tiny little village green just to the west of the church, almost next to the well, which is low down in the western churchyard wall.
Someone has been refurbishing the well, and recently, as there is a fresh footprint or two in the sand now forming the bottom of the well pool.
The church is relatively modern, a plaque next to the gate describing it as ‘Georgian Gothic’. The churchyard is relatively small, and not much to see in it, apart from a huge memorial right up against the exterior eastern wall. The church itself was locked, although a name/phone number was given to collect the keys from, but we weren’t interested enough to go inside.
Pastscape describes this well as a ‘horsetrough’. Whilst the well was very dry at the time of our visit, there is no sign within the churchyard (or the neighbouring house) as to where the source of the water comes from, although the top of the ground is at least 2m higher behind the well.
This well in the village of King's Norton is in an arched recess in the west wall of the churchyard of St. John the Baptist Church.
Although obviously rebuilt in recent years, the large stone basin (3' deep by 5' wide) still exists. The well appears to be dry as there is no perceptible flow of water from the feed pipe.
Based on the description by, and used by kind permission of, Bob Trubshaw, from his Interactive Little-known Leicestershire and Rutland CD-ROM.
For more information also see Pastscape Monument No. 319275, which includes information about the church itself and describes this feature as a 'horse trough'.
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