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Submitted by Anne T on Friday, 12 October 2018 Page Views: 3016
Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Aidan's Well (Bamburgh)Country: England County: Northumberland Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Bamburgh
Map Ref: NU1803234914
Latitude: 55.607503N Longitude: 1.715339W
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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Anne T visited on 9th Oct 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 St Aidan's Well, Bamburgh: This well seemed to form a ‘hub’ for visitors, with a school party and tourists sitting on the benches and grass around this structure, so we needed to make two trips to this well. By 5.30pm there was no one around (apart from the blue wheelie bins lined up along the street!). Obviously a modern structure, but this appears to be the original holy well associated with the church.
The well is now dry, which is a shame, as I'd have loved to see the water gushing into the basin. It might be a modern well housing, but this may well be an ancient site.
In 1947, when Revd Binnall and Miss Dodds produced their list and descriptions of Holy Wells in Northumberland and Durham, the village green was a small plantation of trees. Pastscape notes the name 'St Aidan's Well' is not known locally, but I don't know what it is called. The antiquarian notes mention it was mentioned as 'Edvn. Well' although I'm not sure was Edvn means.
This holy well is mentioned in the Antiquarian publication "Holy Wells in Northumberland and Durham" by the Revd. P.B.G. Binnall and Miss M. Hope Dodds, 4th series No. 10, page 19 (1947). It is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 7619 and Historic England List ID 1276950.
Historic England describe the current well housing as a 'pant and trough' at the eastern end of The Grove or Village Green. It has long been associated with St Aidan's Church nearby. In 1947, the green was a small plantation of trees.
Whilst the well is currently dry, because of its attractive position with views east towards Bamburgh Castle, and the benches on either side, it acts as a focal point for visitors. It has an interesting lion's head on its eastern side; the spout emerges from the lion's mouth. On the northern side, a rusty iron plate indicates the location of the pump handle, now long gone.
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