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<< Our Photo Pages >> Healing Spring - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Derbyshire

Submitted by HOLYWELL on Saturday, 23 February 2008  Page Views: 5975

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Healing Spring
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.949 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Derbyshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 Nearest Village: Hathersage
Map Ref: SK229815
Latitude: 53.329923N  Longitude: 1.657616W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
4 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
2

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Healing Spring
Healing Spring submitted by HOLYWELL : Hathersage's healing spring (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Derbyshire

The healing spring is a notable but not very well known spring which arises above the village. It was traditionally thought to cure whooping cough. The site is tanked, but the old trough still exists above it.
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Healing Spring
Healing Spring submitted by HOLYWELL : The field drain in the foreground probably drains the spring. In the background is the imposing hill the Hemlock stone is on. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Healing Spring
Healing Spring submitted by HOLYWELL : Using the old OS maps this appears to approximate site of the well. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SK2281 : Main road through Hathersage by Andrew Hill
by Andrew Hill
©2012(licence)
SK2281 : Castleton Road, Hathersage  by David Dixon
by David Dixon
©2023(licence)
SK2281 : Jagger&#8217;s Lane, Hathersage  by David Dixon
by David Dixon
©2023(licence)
SK2281 : Castleton Road by DS Pugh
by DS Pugh
©2022(licence)
SK2281 : Hathersage : Main Road A6187 by Lewis Clarke
by Lewis Clarke
©2018(licence)

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