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<< Text Pages >> Jacob's Well (Kent) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Kent

Submitted by HOLYWELL on Tuesday, 29 August 2006  Page Views: 8199

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Jacob's Well (Kent) Alternative Name: Holy well
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.2 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Kent Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Rolvenden
Map Ref: TQ82703155
Latitude: 51.054229N  Longitude: 0.605467E
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
no data 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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Described by local antiquarian Igglesden (1901-1946) as: ‘... in the neighbourhood wood is a spring that supplies the house with water. The well in bygone days was supposed to possess healing properties, and the sick and infirm would travel miles from all parts of the Weald to drink the water and bathe their stricken limbs in it.'

According to Mr. Barham, owner of Hole Park, a spring, which supplied the house, via pipes and tanks installed in the early 1800s, was called Jacob's Well. Being its only supply, then it must be the same as that described by Igglesden, although Mr. Barham was unaware that it was a holy well. Its name, Jacob, suggests a vulgarisation of St. James. Despite this, White (1985) believes that the site of the well is a damp dell lined with garden flowers and palms. On reflection Jacob's Well would appear to fit this description more.

Upon visiting this site, one notes that there is little ancient stonework here to indicate a past importance, it consists of a series of derelict and debris filled red brick structures, two deep well cisterns (both dry) and a rectangular structure of probable Nineteenth Century origin, as Mr. Barham suggests. Below these remains, clear water emerges, and forms a small gully flowing downhill through the woods.

Interestingly, Igglesden (1901-46) describes a property of the spring described in a unreferenced letter which would suggest lost powers:
'..a maid drank with a lad the running water of Rolvenden, he and she would be sire and wife before ten more moons were out .'

This indicates that the spring was associated with a fertility rite (pre-Christian in origin perhaps), a property in common with both the St. Edith's Well, Kemsing, Pizien Well, and possibly St. Anne's Well, Maidstone, as well as Tunbridge Wells, and The Gatehouse Well, Minster.
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Spiral Shape on Google Earth by bat400 on Sunday, 04 December 2011
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Anonymous wrote: With GoogleEarth (whilst looking for the Portal's recorded Jacob's Well). Spotted this spiral shape in a field by the roadside, B2086 Benenden Road. It's about 90m below the wind mill on Beacon Hill.
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Re: Jacob's Well by ESgt on Sunday, 27 November 2011
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This location looks to be wrong, being in a field, not a wood as described, and being over 1km from Hole Park Gardens.
Could it be this causewayed lake at TQ83413216,
or this moat at TQ82883365,
and what is this 50m circle with N/S openings at TQ83433187?
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Re: Jacob's Well by Klingon on Tuesday, 29 August 2006
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There is something wrong with the coordinates. Rolvenden is near TQ844315.
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    Re: Jacob's Well by Klingon on Thursday, 14 September 2006
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    Changed the coordinates from TQ31558270 to TQ82703155. Eastings and northings were swapped!
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