<< Our Photo Pages >> Walton Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Oxfordshire
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Walton Well Alternative Name: Bruman's WellCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.247 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Oxfordshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Oxford
Map Ref: SP5047907312
Latitude: 51.762224N Longitude: 1.269984W
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
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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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 |
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SolarMegalith visited on 17th Feb 2012 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 2 Access: 5 An interesting well, but urban location does not do it's ambience any good.
feorag have visited here
In 1885 Alderman, Mr. William Ward erected a drinking fountain on the site of an already celebrated spring, next to an ancient ford.
1885. Drink and think of Him who is the fountain of life. With the consent of the lords of the manor, this drinking-fountain is erected by Mr. William Ward, to mark the site of a celebrated spring, known as Walton Well, adjacent to the ancient fordway into Colt Meadow, now called Walton Ford.
Though his intention was to promote temperance, it didn't work out that way. In 1892, a resident felt obliged to write a letter of complaint about the boys who would gather there: "The swearing and fighting especially on Sundays,is more than one can bear."
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