<< Our Photo Pages >> St Helen's Well (Rushton Spencer) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Staffordshire
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Helen's Well (Rushton Spencer)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.27 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Staffordshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Leek Nearest Village: Rushton Spencer
Map Ref: SJ94076222
Latitude: 53.157076N Longitude: 2.090137W
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 |
| 0 | no data |
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The well was dressed up to the 1920s, but has since fallen into relative obscurity, especially with the the speed of vehicles which use the adjoining road as a short cut to miss out the lower speed limits and bends en route to Leek. Pedestrians visit this site with much caution.
Holy Well just SE of Rushton Spencer, on the right hand side of the road branching off and rejoining the A523 Macclesfield - Leek Rd.
The well faces west, towards St Lawrence's Church across the Valley, with a large, deep structure. There is a smaller recess for the source beneath the road. The water goes downhill before coming out on the A523, and entering the highway drainage system.
It is neither scheduled nor featured on the Ordnance Survey maps.
Access is best recommended by making use of The Royal Oak on the corner, very carefully crossing over and heading uphill past the 'Rushton' sign, past a property called 'Springbank'. The well is next to a telegraph pole.
Myths and Legends of East Cheshire and the Moorlands by Doug Pickford, 1992.
Note: Another holy well retrieved from obscurity and neglect; a gem from North Staffordshire is rediscovered.
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