<< Our Photo Pages >> St. Andrew's Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Berkshire
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St. Andrew's WellCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 2.284 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Berkshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Reading Nearest Village: Bradfield
Map Ref: SU602726
Latitude: 51.449195N Longitude: 1.135095W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Hope's "Legendary Lore" states that St. Andrew's Well is a few miles from Bradfield, but in fact in is only a few hundred yards from the Church of St. Andrew. Despite being marked on the 1883 map it still proved difficult to find - the Rector gave me directions, but I became bogged down (literally) and so tried another route.
Taking the road northwest from the village, towards Upper Basildon, I crossed the River Pang and turned left on to the riverside path just past the bridge. A few hundred yards along the path, and to the north west of the church was a capped well, fenced around and in a field bounded by barbed wire. Fortunately it was close enough for photography; attended by a tree, despite the wind and rain it still retains a presence.
The rector told me of a local story of a tunnel leading from the church to the well; if there it would certainly need good drainage !
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