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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St. Thomas a Becket's Spring (Bapchild) Alternative Name: Bacca's SpringCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 3.601 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Kent Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Sittingbourne Nearest Village: Bapchild
Map Ref: TQ930631
Latitude: 51.334229N Longitude: 0.769199E
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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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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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 |
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Kent
James Rattue’s “Holy Wells of Kent” tells us that in about 700 AD the village was named Baccancelde, meaning “Bacca’s Spring”, and that the spring was renamed after the saint’s murder in 1180. It is marked on the 1872 OS map north east of the site of a chapel, and east north east of the parish church.
I visited in March 2006 and took the road to the north east of the village towards Tonge. Stopping in the car park for the Wildlife Park I took the path along the southern boundary, heading for the trees. On reaching the wood, I turned south along the side of a stream. The going became increasingly difficult until I stopped a little before the source, the way blocked by a large bramble.
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