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<< Text Pages >> St John's Well (Dronfield) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Derbyshire

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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St John''s Well (Dronfield)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 7.075 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Derbyshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Dronfield
Map Ref: SK353783
Latitude: 53.300482N  Longitude: 1.471791W
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:
5Superb
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
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
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
0no data
4
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Derbyshire

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for this holy well - see their entry for St John’s Well, Dronfield, Derbyshire, which gives directions for finding this well, together with photographs and a description.

TNA tells us: " According to local historian Mr. Ken Ward, the well is that now found in the courtyard of the forge: a 16th century building now developed into a small shopping complex. He states it is 80 metres from the south porch of the church supporting Bassano’s location. The site is along Church Street (previously Church Lane) which he believes was once called St. John’s Lane. The well is a circular one with modern stonework on the top. However, this encloses a much older ring of six layers with a grill apparently opening out into a larger chamber below. It appears to be a deeper well than would be expected, but it is spring-fed and was presumably deepened for use in the forge."

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SK3578 : Dronfield - Civic Centre (Re-development Work) by Alan Heardman
by Alan Heardman
©2007(licence)
SK3578 : A view in old Dronfield village showing the Blue Stoops public house and the Peel Monument in the distance. by Tony Godwin
by Tony Godwin
©2007(licence)
SK3578 : Dronfield High Street by Alan Heardman
by Alan Heardman
©2008(licence)
SK3578 : Dronfield - Civic Hall by Alan Heardman
by Alan Heardman
©2007(licence)
SK3578 : Old Central Cross - moved to St John's churchyard, Dronfield parish by Alan Rosevear
by Alan Rosevear
©2019(licence)

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