<< Our Photo Pages >> St Andrew's Well (Ovington) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Northumberland
Submitted by Anne T on Friday, 11 June 2021 Page Views: 692
EnglandSite Name: St Andrew's Well (Ovington)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.462 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Northumberland Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Hexham / Prudhoe Nearest Village: Ovington
Map Ref: NZ0697563896
Latitude: 54.969637N Longitude: 1.892579W
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| 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 |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
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| 3 | Ordinary |
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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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| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Anne T visited on 8th Jun 2021 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2 Access: 4 St Andrew's Well, Ovington: Parking in Ovington village by the old red phone box (now the Village Information Centre), it was a very pleasant walk along St Andrew's Lane to find this well, now no longer shown on the OS maps, but still very much there.
We carried on towards Whittle Dene, another glorious location, to find Dean Head Well and Eddybroth Well.
Wondering why there was a lane called 'St Andrew' Lane' leaded east-north-east from Ovington towards Whittle Dene, especially is there is only a Methodist chapel in Ovington, and the nearest church is St. Mary's in Ovingham, our curiosity was piqued.
A closer look at the old OS maps revealed that there was a well called 'St Andrew's Well' situated along this lane. Whilst the well is shown on the 1865 6 inch OS map, by 1896, the name of the well has been dropped from the 25 inch OS, and shown as a small unfenced enclosure off the southern side of the lane [maps courtesy of the National Library of Scotland].
A walk along the lane showed that there is still a small, very overgrown path at the site of this small enclosure. Walking a couple of metres through the weeds and nettles, there is a hole which has been fenced off; however, the fence has disintegrated in parts, and it is possible to walk up this hole, which, whilst not deep, was filled with water.
Clearing some of the weeds and rubbish away, it was possible to see some of the stone structure which remains of this well. After a prolonged dry period, the well was dry, although the ground muddy. The line of the small stream which flows southwards from the well could also be made out.
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