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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Church Well (Thornton-in-Craven) Alternative Name: St Mary's WellCountry: 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
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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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