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<< Our Photo Pages >> St. Margaret's Well (Broomfield) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Kent

Submitted by DavidCWoods on Sunday, 16 October 2005  Page Views: 9828

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St. Margaret's Well (Broomfield)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.641 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Kent Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Maidstone  Nearest Village: Broomfield
Map Ref: TQ8390252503
Latitude: 51.242057N  Longitude: 0.633293E
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
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
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
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Majick123 visited on 5th Aug 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Access: 5 Lovely little well. Beautiful village

St. Margaret's Well (Broomfield)
St. Margaret's Well (Broomfield) submitted by DavidCWoods : The well is well cared for with a cross bearing the name. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well in Kent

Well cared for and clearly adopted by the local church, documentary records go back to 1507. The well is surmounted by an inscribed cross and the stone lined shaft is covered by a heavy grill. A well-dressing cerimony apparently takes place here annually.

Very easy to find, the well is to be found on the main road through the village at the bottom of the path leading up to the church.

From HOLYWELL: St. Margaret's Well is easily found by taking the small road to Broomfield signposted after Leeds Castle off the A20. The well is noted as St. Margaret's and lies in the forecourt to the church, despite there being only one reference to it within a will, noted by Duncan (1906-7): ‘...to the reparation of St. Margaret's well, 12d Agnes, Widow of Ricd Caring of Leeds 1507.’
Yet, it has been remembered locally, being identified as the village dip well, laying at the edge of the church's approach road, and denoted by a white cross. The well is enclosed in a square rubble stone chamber, with a considerable depth of clear water. A black metal grille has been placed over the large opening to prevent accidents.
Since 1990, the well has been dressed on the Sunday after the Twentieth of July: the Feast day of St. Margaret. The colourful custom was transported down from Derbyshire by a Mr. Bill Withers, although the technique differs utilising plant oasis rather than puddled clay. Previous effort have had a religious topic, but 1999 celebrated the EU. The small community attends a service in the parish church, after which prayers are said at the well with the children leaving baskets of flowers.
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St. Margaret's Well (Broomfield)
St. Margaret's Well (Broomfield) submitted by Majick123 : Well, next to the village sign. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St. Margaret's Well (Broomfield)
St. Margaret's Well (Broomfield) submitted by Majick123 : View of Inside the well. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St. Margaret's Well (Broomfield)
St. Margaret's Well (Broomfield) submitted by Majick123 : St Margaret's Well, Broomfield Kent (Vote or comment on this photo)

St. Margaret's Well (Broomfield)
St. Margaret's Well (Broomfield) submitted by DavidCWoods : Although not visible in this picure, the water is a few feet below street level. As often happens, amounts of greenery grow from the walls of the shaft. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: St. Margaret's Well (Broomfield) by 12Wa1m3r on Thursday, 15 February 2018
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It is now 27 years since I introduced the custom of well dressing at St Margaret's Broomfield. Each year, through the efforts of Derek Hadlow, the Verger and friends from Kingswood the well has been dressed to commemorate a particular event or anniversary in the year in question - in 2015, the introduction of a new bell to the church tower. The well dressing and service takes place on the Sunday nearest to St Margaret's Day, 20 July.

Canon Christopher Dent
Vicar of Broomfield, 1983-1993
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Re: St. Margaret's Well (Broomfield) by christian1625 on Wednesday, 08 June 2016
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Beautiful Well but a shame that you cannot draw the water from it. a small cup on a rope would be nice.
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Re: St. Margaret's Well (Broomfield) by Anonymous on Friday, 29 February 2008
I was interested to discover this site and can add a little to the account of the well blessing there since 1990. When I was Vicar of Leeds and Broomfield (1984-93), the retired county archivist, Allen Grove, who used to play the organ at Broomfield, brought the 1507 reference to St Margaret's Well to my attention. We identified the well by the roadside beside the entrance to the churchyard and the Verger of Broomfield Church, Derek Hadlow, cleared the site, which was very overgrown, and, with the help of my colleague, Church Army Captain Bill Waters [your article mistakenly refers to Bill Withers] decorated it. I had been on holiday in Derbyshire and seen the well dressing there, and I devised an order of service, using some of the Derbyshire well blessings as a model, and the service was, as you record, in July 1990.
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