<< Text Pages >> Wanswell - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Gloucestershire
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: WanswellCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.7 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Gloucestershire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Map Ref: SO68980139
Latitude: 51.710379N Longitude: 2.45035W
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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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Gloucestershire
From Pastscape:
"Wansell, a holy well, the waters of which were formerly thought to
have curative properties. Its name may have been derived from Woden
(or Wan).
The first element in the name, first recorded as Weneswell in 1170-90
may derive from a personal name in Old Danish "Vagn", or from the Old
English "Waegn" - a wagon."
http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=111660
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