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<< Our Photo Pages >> St Ann's Well (Buxton) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Derbyshire

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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Ann's Well (Buxton)
Country: England County: Derbyshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Buxton
Map Ref: SK057735  Landranger Map Number: 119
Latitude: 53.258475N  Longitude: 1.916016W
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
5 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
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5 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
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St Ann's Well (Buxton)
St Ann's Well (Buxton) submitted by TimPrevett : St Ann's well opposite The Crescent and at the bottom of The Slopes. Very easy to find. Having visited Buxton Museum first, and enquired of the well I was told "you might have to wait for people filling up bottles". I smiled scoffingly. A very gentle 5 minute walk downhill, and I found the well - and in the 10 minutes I was there photographing the site, over 20 people stopped to either drink the w... (Vote or comment on this photo)
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St Ann's Well (Buxton)
St Ann's Well (Buxton) submitted by TimPrevett : St Ann's well opposite The Crescent and at the bottom of The Slopes. Very easy to find. Having visited Buxton Museum first, and enquired of the well I was told "you might have to wait for people filling up bottles". I smiled scoffingly. A very gentle 5 minute walk downhill, and I found the well - and in the 10 minutes I was there photographing the site, over 20 people stopped to either drink the w... (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Ann's Well (Buxton)
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St Ann's Well (Buxton)
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St Ann's Well (Buxton)
St Ann's Well (Buxton) submitted by Antonine : The well dressing in 2011. The Romans established a settlement here and used the natural thermal spring. They named the town Aquae Arnematiae ‘Waters of Arnemetia’ - the Goddess of the Grove. The original dedication may have been to the Mother Goddess, Anu. The present dedication is to St Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Ann's Well (Buxton)
St Ann's Well (Buxton) submitted by rogerkread : Straightforward view. Interestingly saw nobody collecting water here whereas in previous visits this had always been the case.

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Re: St Ann's Well (Buxton) by Boggart on Tuesday, 05 April 2011
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St Anns Well is not the actual source of the spring, this being sited in the building "The Natural Baths" opposite and piped to the current position.
There are two types of spring water at the site, warm and cold, and there are about five springs in the area. It is probably these qualities that led the local Iron Age tribe, the Corieltauvi, to sanctify the waters and honour a Goddess known as Arnemetia at the site. She is also mentioned on an altar found at the Roman fort at Brough in the Hope Valley.
The Goddess's name means "She Who Dwells Over the Sacred Grove" her name containing a variation of the Celtic word "nemeton" meaning sacred grove.
With the coming of the Romans the site was extensively developed as a healing shrine similar to that at Bath. where the Crescent now stands was a large bath complex which probably had associated pilgrims hostel. On The Slopes behind the current St Anns Well, situated between the War Memorial and the Pump Room, was a Classical temple dedicated to the Goddess.
The source of the spring in the Natural Baths building was investigated in the 1970's and a hoard of Roman coins and jewellery was found that is thought to be votive offerings to the Goddess. Some later votive offerings include a medieval silver Sacred Heart pendant and a gold Georgian ring.
The votive offerings and a plan of the site showing the position of the Roman buildings (drawn by myself !) are on display at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery.
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Re: St Ann's Well (Buxton) by Anonymous on Wednesday, 30 December 2009
I visited St Anne's well yesterday, there were several local people filling up bottles to use at home. I tried the water which was warm, good clean tasting (no clorine) and free. Lucky locals.
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    Re: St Ann's Well (Buxton) by Anonymous on Wednesday, 20 October 2010
    I wish i could live near this spring my little brother and mum went on a day trip to the spring and they loved the water quality.
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Re: St Ann's Well (Buxton) by TimPrevett on Monday, 02 June 2008
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