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<< Text Pages >> Spink Well (Bradford) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Yorkshire (West)

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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Spink Well (Bradford)
Country: England County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Bradford
Map Ref: SE16533410
Latitude: 53.802940N  Longitude: 1.750497W
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
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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
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Yorkshire (West)

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for this healing well - see their entry for the Spink Well, Bradford, West Yorkshire, which gives directions for finding this site, together with photographs, a description and local folklore.

Sited not far from Bradford City Centre, the well now offers only a muddy trickle of water which flows into a trough. TNA adds: "The Spink Well was highlighted on the 1832 boundary commission report map of Bradford; then listed in the 1850 Tithe Awards; and of course featured on the earliest Ordnance Survey map a few years later. In 1788, below the spring itself, a Spinkwell House was built which advertised health-giving cold baths and used the waters from this well to supply people with its health-giving virtues. This Spink Well house also had a most curious history: the gravestones of those who died in the plague of 1645 were built into the walls of the well-house here! They were uncovered during the construction of Peel Park in the 19th century, a short distance away."

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