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<< Our Photo Pages >> Church Well (Thornton-in-Craven) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Yorkshire (North)

Submitted by Sunny100 on Saturday, 04 December 2010  Page Views: 6092

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Church Well (Thornton-in-Craven) Alternative Name: St Mary's Well
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.446 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Skipton  Nearest Village: Thornton-in-Craven
Map Ref: SD902483
Latitude: 53.930731N  Longitude: 2.15074W
Condition:
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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Church Well (Thornton-in-Craven)
Church Well (Thornton-in-Craven) submitted by Sunny100 : Church Well or St Mary's Well in the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin at Thornton-in-Craven. Photo taken on 09.12.10. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well in Yorkshire (North)

Church Well stands in the St Mary's churchyard beside the Skipton road a few miles east of Barnoldswick. The 18th century wellhouse has recently been restored. Within is an ancient spring that once had curative powers and was a place of pilgrimage.

The spring pre-dates Christianity but, in the Anglo-Saxon period it became a centre of activity when a small church of sorts was founded close to it, though the well itself was already being used as a place for worship and baptisms. The present church of St Mary dates in part from the 12th century.

The octagonal wellhouse enclosing the spring was built in 1764 by the local rector, Henry Richardson (1710-78) in order to protect it. Recently, in 2005, the little building was restored and is now Grade 2 listed. Even today it remains a place of pilgrimage and "sprinkling" ceremonies are still held here.

An inscription in Latin runs around the top of the wellhouse and is as follows: FOUTEM HUNC SALUTIFERUM ET PER ANTIQUUM TECTO MUNIVIT ANNO ERAE CHRISTIANES MDCCLXIV QUAD PUBLICAE SANITATI BENE VORTAT or translated 'This Health Giving and Ancient Well covered in the year of the Christian Era 1764 may It Prove To Be A Blessing To Mankind'.
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Church Well (Thornton-in-Craven)
Church Well (Thornton-in-Craven) submitted by Sunny100 : Church Well and St Mary the Virgin Church at Thornton-in-Craven, near Skipton, N.Yorks. Photo taken on 09.12.10. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Church Well (Thornton-in-Craven)
Church Well (Thornton-in-Craven) submitted by Sunny100 : Church Well or St Mary's Well at Thornton-in-Craven. Close-up view into the wellhouse showing the spring. Photo taken on 09.12.10. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Church Well (Thornton-in-Craven)
Church Well (Thornton-in-Craven) submitted by Sunny100 : Church Well or St Mary's Well at Thornton-in-Craven, N.Yorks. A close-up view showing the outside square-shaped basin. Photo taken on 09.12.10. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Church Well (Thornton-in-Craven)
Church Well (Thornton-in-Craven) submitted by Sunny100 : Church Well or St Mary's Well at Thornton-in-Craven. Interior of the wellhouse with steps going down. Photo taken on 09.12.10. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Church Well (Thornton-in-Craven)
Church Well (Thornton-in-Craven) submitted by Sunny100 : Church Well or St Mary's Well in the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin at Thornton-in-Craven. Photo taken on 9.12.10.

Church Well (Thornton-in-Craven)
Church Well (Thornton-in-Craven) submitted by Sunny100 : Church Well or St Mary's Well at Thornton-in-Craven. Photo taken on 9.12.10.

Church Well (Thornton-in-Craven)
Church Well (Thornton-in-Craven) submitted by Sunny100 : Drawing by [Michael Bowley E.D.L.H.S] of Church Well or St Mary's Well in the churchyard at Thornton-in-Craven.

Church Well (Thornton-in-Craven)
Church Well (Thornton-in-Craven) submitted by hamstermoon : This board inside the church porch is extremely informative.

Church Well (Thornton-in-Craven)
Church Well (Thornton-in-Craven) submitted by hamstermoon : St Mary's Well sits in a hollow. The church and the road are on the same level.

Church Well (Thornton-in-Craven)
Church Well (Thornton-in-Craven) submitted by hamstermoon : The Octagonal well house with its door open. Taken in a very wet August 2009.

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