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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St John's Well (Osmotherley) Alternative Name: Monks Well, Wishing WellCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 3.034 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Northallerton Nearest Village: Osmotherley
Map Ref: SE447981
Latitude: 54.376449N Longitude: 1.31337W
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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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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 couldn't find on 5th Oct 2014 St John's Well (Osmotherlery): This being a glorious late afternoon, and having not only precise instructions on how to reach St John’s Well from the Mount Grace Priory staff but the GPS co-ordinates and a map I’d printed off with the exact location of the well, we set off to try and reach it. Not as easy as it first appeared! The first path, following what we both thought were the directions given to us, went too far up hill, then path just stopped at the top of the hill. Retracing our steps and turning on the GPS device, we followed the watercourse wending its way south away from the priory, between the edge of the forest and the adjoining meadow and found the track we should have followed. Whilst we could see the path leading up the hill towards the well, I let my husband take the lead, but it became just too difficult – waist high bracken, broken branches and large, boggy holes to fall into – it would have been too easy to twist and ankle or fall over. As it was getting late, we decided to come back in the winter, when the undergrowth has died back. We knew that this well was one of three which supplied the Priory, the first being in the north east corner, just outside the Great Cloister. A second is to the south of this, supplying the Lesser Cloister, and the third (not managed by English Heritage) is St. John’s Well. We did manage to get a photograph of Well House one. Despite there having been a lengthy dry spell, there was still a good flow of water from this spring, and the water was beautifully clear. There is a great similarity between the well house we saw and the image of St John's Well submitted by Sunny100.
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Local folklore records that young women used the well for wishing purposes. They would use bent pins stuck into leaves and throw them into the water whilst making a wish that was dearest to their hearts desire. If the pin floated the wish would come true, if it sunk then vice-versa. Miracles of healing have been attributed to the water. The nearby Lady Chapel was also the site of numerous miracles.
The well is housed within a small building with a pointed slate roof. The little door can be opened to gain access. Coins are sometimes tossed into the well, in the hope perhaps of some modern-day miracle of healing. The water is still said to be drinkable.
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