<< Our Photo Pages >> Fair Rosamund's Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Oxfordshire
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Fair Rosamund's Well Alternative Name: Everswell (Woodstock)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.849 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Oxfordshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Long Harborough Nearest Village: Blenheim
Map Ref: SP43651646 Landranger Map Number: 164
Latitude: 51.845041N Longitude: 1.367777W
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 |
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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 |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Recorded as Pastscape Monument 336661, we learn this well was first documented in 1165-66 as a spring "running through a complex of pools, surrounded by claustral (relating to cloister or religious house) courts".
The Journal of Antiquities also includes an entry for Rosamond’s Well, Blenheim Park, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, which includes a photograph of the well and Godstow Abbey, where Rosamund de Clifford (after whom the well was named) was buried. The Journal adds: "But back in the 12th century the well was called Everswell, maybe because it was ‘never ever’ known to run dry, even in the driest spells of weather; and in the past the water had some curative properties as pilgrims were wont to come here and partake of it in bottles – in those distant times, but in fact the well has only been named after Rosamond since the 16th century". The JoA also gives a list of reference sources for more information.
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