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<< Our Photo Pages >> Lady Well, Woolpit - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Suffolk

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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Lady Well, Woolpit
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.933 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Suffolk Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 Nearest Village: Woolpit
Map Ref: TL9763362676  Landranger Map Number: 155
Latitude: 52.226811N  Longitude: 0.892274E
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
3 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
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larkwort visited on 31st Jan 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Off a short footpath in the wooded Ladyswell Nature Reserve, beside Heath Road (can be quite busy sometimes). The well stream forms a loop, creating a sort of moat around the nature reserve, with a deeper pond at the other end of the small isle. The well cover is quite old and dead song bird had gotten trapped under it and was floating in the well when we visited (I removed it). Worth remembering if you plan to take or use the spring water at all.

willowman1 visited on 7th Aug 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 3 A dismal place. Calling this a 'well' is a disservice to other wells. Nothing more than mud, bricks and mdf boards.

myf ermine have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3 Access: 3.5

Lady Well, Woolpit
Lady Well, Woolpit submitted by ermine : The actual site of the well is difficult to find, as it feeds a moat so there is a lot of water about. This brick enclosure is the well itself. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well / Spring in Suffolk

Information on this Medieval holy well can be found on Pastscape Monument No. 385276, which says "the water of which was said to be beneficial for bad eyes .... situated at the base of the moat, it is encased in brickwork with a metal capping. Scheduled."

The English Heritage entry for this well (list entry 1005992) does not contain any details, as it is one of their oldest records and the full description has not yet been entered, but does give a 10 digit grid reference.
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Lady Well, Woolpit
Lady Well, Woolpit submitted by relichuntingblog : A picture of the stream and lady's well on the 19/06/2017 (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Lady Well, Woolpit
Lady Well, Woolpit submitted by myf : The well, photographed in May 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lady Well, Woolpit
Lady Well, Woolpit submitted by larkwort : Lady Well in Woolpit, on 31/01/2021. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lady Well, Woolpit
Lady Well, Woolpit submitted by relichuntingblog : This image was taken on the 19/06/2017 and shows a view inside the well. You can see someone or something has partially pulled back the wire and has allowed some leaves to fall inside. The water is approx a foot deep. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lady Well, Woolpit
Lady Well, Woolpit submitted by ddraigdu : Lady Well with offerings in January 2008

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Re: Lady Well, Woolpit by relichuntingblog on Sunday, 25 June 2017
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I visited the well this month and done a spot of magnet fishing in the well and moat, it was a scorcher of a day, about 30 degrees! You can check out my video here - The Relic Hunter

Directions:

>Come into Woolpit from the A14 heading from Ipswich

>Take the first left after exiting the A14

>It will be in a small wooded area on the left hand side just after the Goldstar transport company (there's no where to park nearby)

>Once you enter the wooden gates and are confronted with an old beacon you will know your in the right place


The water in the well is clean and about a foot deep with a slight flow, the grill above the well has been partially removed just enough to fit your hand into it.

Sadly the water in the moats around the well is covered with green algae and smells like a swamp.

There is also signs of visitors to the site such as beer cans and rubbish lying around but the majority of the site is very beautiful and clean.
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Re: Lady Well, Woolpit by coldrum on Monday, 18 June 2012
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From Pastscape:

"A Medieval holy well, the water of which was said to be beneficial for bad eyes.
Situated at the base of the moat it is encased in
brickwork with a metal capping."

http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=385276
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Green children of woolpit by ledgehammer on Friday, 22 July 2011
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Quite challenging to locate, one should go to the town map in the center of town and directions are given, look out for the disused beacon. Incidently the old tale of the green children:

The green children of Woolpit reportedly appeared in the village of Woolpit in Suffolk, England, some time in the 12th century, perhaps during the reign of King Stephen. The children, brother and sister, were of generally normal appearance except for the green colour of their skin. They spoke in an unknown language, and the only food they would eat was green beans. Eventually they learned to eat other food and lost their green pallor, but the boy was sickly and died soon after the children were baptised. The girl adjusted to her new life, but she was considered to be "rather loose and wanton in her conduct".[2] After she learned to speak English the girl explained that she and her brother had come from St Martin's Land, an underground world whose inhabitants are green.

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Re: Lady Well, Woolpit by Namatjira1 on Friday, 27 August 2010
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I grew up in Woolpit in the late 60's and early 70's. We used to explore and visit the 'Lady well' often as kids. I dont remember it being much of a 'well', but we always knew it was haunted and it never bothered us. My family migrated to Australia in 1974, but I could still find my way to that well if you put me in the village. My friends & I knew Woolpit & surrounding villages like the backs of our hands. I'm still re-discovering things like this well and memories of finding bits of Roman pottery and flintstone which were part of our everyday lives at the time.
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Re: Lady Well, Woolpit by myf on Tuesday, 18 May 2010
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Visited it this weekend. I haven't visited any other similar sites, so I don't know how this compares.

We found it fairly easily thanks to a guide to walks in the village. It's currently little more than a trickle, but there's evidence of other visitors, as they've left various items suspended from the surrounding trees.
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Re: Lady Well, Woolpit by ddraigdu on Thursday, 10 January 2008
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This is a difficult well to find. It is located in a small nature reserve off Heath Road. Go into the reserve through the wooden gate and you will see one of those Beacons used to commemorate the Armada a few years ago. Behind that is the flow from the well in a little long dip. Carry on right past the Beacon for a small while and you will see the dip with water in even off and the well is located just there. It flows out from the bricks. Nearest parking is in Old Stowmarket Road or Saffrons Close and walking back up Heath Road - there is no path, it's walking on the verge.
It's a lovely well with a wonderful atmosphere, we thought it was worth the bother of finding anyway. :o)
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Re: Lady Well, Woolpit by Anonymous on Wednesday, 18 July 2007
Visited this site with a friend.Quite hidden but very peaceful and atmospheric within the gloomy wood.Take time to adjust to the surroundings and try to visulize the area hundreds of years ago when the surrounding moat was probably more visible and the undergrowth better maintained.Although not initially impressive ,this site,with a little imagination is actually quite substantial.
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Re: Lady Well, Woolpit by hamstermoon on Wednesday, 20 October 2004
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I visited this with my boyfriend in the summer of 2004 and its VERY hard to find.

Its hidden in the undergrowth at the edge of the moat in the nature reserve which surrounds it.

We cleared it of some sticks and leaves and said hello to a small frog living nearby.

Not much to see really!
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