<< Our Photo Pages >> St Mary's Well, Durham City - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in County Durham
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Mary's Well, Durham City Alternative Name: South Street WellCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.701 km away from the location you searched for.
County: County Durham Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Durham City
Map Ref: NZ27074191
Latitude: 54.771387N Longitude: 1.580746W
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 |
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Anne T visited on 30th Apr 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 St. Mary's Well, Durham: From St. Cuthbert’s Well we walked past the Old Fulling Mill and the Boat House, across Prebend’s Bridge, were we heard shrieks from the river below. Peering over the bridge, we saw the lady rowers trying to avoid going into the bank!
St. Mary’s Well is easy to find. Immediately to the western end of Prebend’s Bridge there is a footpath running off to your right. St. Mary’s Well is about 20 yards to the north up the footpath, on the western side.
Couldn’t find any entry on this in Pastscape, although again Laurence Hunt's Ancient, Healing and Holy Wells gave us some information, along with SolarMegalith's entry on the Portal.
SolarMegalith visited on 18th Nov 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3 Access: 4
In the 19th century this well was in popular use, "of great repute", "much resorted to". In 2012 it has a trickle of clean water into a small stone basin, and a stone arc of wellhead, but nothing to say what it is. None of the Durham City World Heritage Site wells are properly looked after.
The well is easily accessible by the side of a footpath from Prebends Bridge up to South Street- the second path on your right, as you leave the bridge.
The Holy Wells of County Durham are listed on a website by Laurence Hunt, "The Ancient Healing and Holy Wells of County Durham". Several of his wells are not yet on Megalithic.
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