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<< Our Photo Pages >> Marsden Well/Spring - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Lancashire

Submitted by Sunny100 on Monday, 07 June 2010  Page Views: 8057

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Marsden Well/Spring Alternative Name: The Dipping Well
Country: England County: Lancashire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Preston  Nearest Village: Samlesbury
Map Ref: SD607319
Latitude: 53.781933N  Longitude: 2.5979W
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
2 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
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3 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
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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
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Gibbo visited on 15th Oct 2016 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 3 Visited today (see photo). Was difficult to find in the undergrowth and the surrounding area was very marshy. The water level was very low and quite a lot of mud in it.

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Marsden Well/Spring submitted by Sunny100 : Marsden Well/Spring at Samlesbury, Lancashire, at SD606319 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well in Lancashire. Marsden Well/Spring Nr Samlesbury, Lancashire at SD.606319. Marsden Well stands within a wooded area close to the banks of the River Ribble about 1 mile N of Samlesbury village. It is difficult to find, but it's location is just W of Marsden House Farm on the east bank of the River Ribble. The well is a square-shaped structure roughly 12 foot by 8 foot wide and over 5 foot deep. There are five steps leading down, giving access into the water. It is usually three quarters full, even during dry periods.

There is, however, some uncertainty as to the age of Marsden Well. It was probably made into what it resembles today during the 13th or 14th centuries, and has seen some repairs since then. But the spring itself is almost certainly of Saxon origins. Here the masses would have been baptised into the Christian faith by wandering missionaries. It is often referred to as a 'baptistry well' because of that. The name 'Dipping Well' is also given to this site. It literally means where one can dip parts of the body in order to receive some sort of cure, be that miraculous, or not.

Down the centuries Marsden Well (also called Priests' Well) has been adopted by the Roman Catholic community, rather like its near neighbour, Lady Well at Fernyhalgh, although this well appears not to have had a dedication to the Blessed Virgin Mary. I rather think Marsden Well is now almost forgotten. But that might change.
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Marsden Well/Spring
Marsden Well/Spring submitted by Sunny100 : Marsden Well/Spring Nr Samlesbury, Lancashire, at SD.606319. Steps going down into the well. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Marsden Well/Spring submitted by Gibbo : The well is here, as you can see, quite well hidden (excuse the pun). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Marsden Well/Spring submitted by Gibbo : Visited today (15/10/16), was rather difficult to find, but succeeded in the end. Well only had a bit of water in it, but a lot of mud. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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