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<< Text Pages >> Minspit Well (Preston) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Lancashire

Submitted by Anne T on Tuesday, 05 December 2017  Page Views: 2036

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Minspit Well (Preston)
Country: England County: Lancashire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Preston
Map Ref: SD540293
Latitude: 53.758016N  Longitude: 2.699183W
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
Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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
4

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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Lancashire

This now destroyed healing well is described on The Northern Antiquarian's page for Minspit Well, Preston, Lancashire.

TNA says: "Here we have another example of one of the many healing wells destroyed thanks to those industrialists who tend to do that sort of thing.  Found in close proximity to several other water sources — including the Syke, Preston’s main watercourse in bygone times — very little has been written of the place. However, in Dave Hunt’s (2005) recent work on Preston, he told us the following: 'The Minspit Well in Mainsprit Weind at the foot of the Church Street ridge is close to the line of the Syke, has a good claim to be one of Preston’s earliest wells, and remained one of the principle water sources well into the 18th century.  The ‘spit’ or ‘sprit’ element in the name perhaps indicates the original strongly flowing spring or fountain. The site is now covered over, but Kuerden, writing in the 1680s, describes the picturesque early morning scene as the town’s housemaids collected water in what was accordingly referred to as Pettycoat Alley'."

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SD5429 : The entrance to Miller Arcade, Preston by Humphrey Bolton
by Humphrey Bolton
©2010(licence)
SD5429 : Miller House, Preston by Humphrey Bolton
by Humphrey Bolton
©2010(licence)
SD5429 : Looking from Fishergate into Glovers Court by Basher Eyre
by Basher Eyre
©2018(licence)
SD5429 : Former Past Times Now Past Times by Paul Collins
by Paul Collins
©2018(licence)
SD5329 : Fishergate in Preston by philandju
by philandju
©2017(licence)

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