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<< Our Photo Pages >> St. Catherine's Well (Sugnall) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Staffordshire

Submitted by HOLYWELL on Sunday, 02 January 2011  Page Views: 6207

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St. Catherine's Well (Sugnall) Alternative Name: Holy Well
Country: England County: Staffordshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Stafford  Nearest Village: Sugnall
Map Ref: SJ798306
Latitude: 52.872490N  Longitude: 2.301549W
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
3 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
0No data.
3 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
0no data
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St. Catherine's Well (Sugnall)
St. Catherine's Well (Sugnall) submitted by HOLYWELL : The Holy Well or St. Catherine's well lays forgotten in an overgrown copse. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Staffordshire

In Sugnall Park, on the edge of Bigwood, is a Holy or St. Catherine’s Well. The well is unmarked on the current O/S and only as W on earlier editions, where the dedication originated is unclear but it is known as such in the village and in Stafford County Archives. The well is source of a small brook which flows to fill Cop Mere. It is covered by small square sandstone well house with pyramidal roof. The roof was said to have been surmounted by cross of which only base remains, but there does not appear to be any evidence of breakage. The well looks like an ‘improvement’ made when the estate was developed in the 1700s with a Gothic boathouse and walled garden. The well is thought to date from 1770 when a temple was constructed in the park. It has been given a grade II listing. To find it turn left (signposted Sugnall walled garden) from the village, after passing the walled garden, just before Ginger Lane, there is a small ornate gate in the left hand side of the wood. This is a permissive path through the woods (as such it may be closed in the future) and the well is soon seen on the left hand side a few yards from this entrance.
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St. Catherine's Well (Sugnall)
St. Catherine's Well (Sugnall) submitted by HOLYWELL : Inside the well. The base was full of black sludge and suggests that any spring here no longer flowed. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SJ7930 : Sugnall Park by Anne Pollitt
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SJ7930 : Entering the small Hamlet of Sugnall by Mick Malpass
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SJ7930 : Duck Pond by Andy and Hilary
by Andy and Hilary
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SJ7930 : Derelict Red Brick Stables at Sugnall by Mick Malpass
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