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<< Text Pages >> St Peter's Well (York Minster) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Yorkshire (North)

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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Peter's Well (York Minster) Alternative Name: Holy Well (York Minster)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.245 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: York
Map Ref: SE60385219
Latitude: 53.962277N  Longitude: 1.0812W
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
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Yorkshire (North)

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) tells us about this well, now in the undercroft of York Minster but from which access has been closed off - see their entry for St. Peter’s Well, York Minster, North Yorkshire.

The TNA page includes an old photograph and an old sketch of the well, descriptions from 19th, 20th and 21st century reference materials and local folklore. TNA adds: "The well was even included in Murray’s Handbook to Yorkshire (1892) as being 'in the southwest corner of the Minster.' William Smith (1923) included the site in his fine survey, telling his readers that, 'The water is excellent in quality, which in measure, so chemists say, is due to the lime washed into it by the rain from the walls of the Minster. The water has for centuries been used for baptisms, and is so used today. The well has now for some years been covered with a pump'."

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SE6052 : Main stained glass window inside York Minster by John Firth
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SE6052 : View of a stained glass window in York Minster #2 by Robert Lamb
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SE6052 : View of a stained glass window in York Minster #3 by Robert Lamb
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SE6052 : St William window (n.VII) York Minster by Julian P Guffogg
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SE6052 : Detail, Stained glass window n.VII, York Minster by Julian P Guffogg
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