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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: HolywelleCountry: England County: Kent Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Hythe
Map Ref: TR161349
Latitude: 51.072724N Longitude: 1.083351E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Kent
Holywelle, said to have been found half way up Church street, was a ‘ fayr spring’ or ‘large open well of water’. People were fined for throwing dung in it. Locale historian Dale (1933) believes that the site of the holy well was where the straight joints in the churchyard wall are found, probably near St. Leonard’s Chapel. However, in correspondence with the vicar of St. Leonard’s, there is now no physical evidence.
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