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<< Our Photo Pages >> St Ruffin's Well (Tamworth) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Staffordshire

Submitted by TimPrevett on Tuesday, 10 September 2024  Page Views: 14214

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Ruffin's Well (Tamworth) Alternative Name: Tamworth Castle
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.5 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Staffordshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Tamworth
Map Ref: SK207038
Latitude: 52.631563N  Longitude: 1.695593W
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
 1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 2 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.
 4 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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St Ruffin's Well (Tamworth)
St Ruffin's Well (Tamworth) submitted by Tan : You will not find water at St Ruffins Well in Tamworth these days, since the local council concreted over it. However here is a pic of what it looked like in the 1960's. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Tan writes: You will not find water at St Ruffins Well in Tamworth these days, since the local council concreted over it. However here is a pic of what it looked like in the 1960s. St Ruffin was brother of St Wulfhad, both murdered in 665 AD by their father King Wulfhere owing to their conversion to Christianity.

Their grave, set up by their mother, gave the name to the town of Stone.

TimPrevett adds: The Historic England entry suggests the holy well remains within the main fabric of Tamworth castle (grid ref SK20620392); however, the castle staff dug in a book, knowing nothing of the holy well when I enquired. The book shows a holy well on the lower terraces in what would have been the bailey of the castle. What survives there today does not resemble the picture in the book; indeed, one wonders if the issue of water, or any structure survives, in spite of there being a commemorative plaque amongst raised flower beds on the south west exterior of the Ankerside Shopping Centre, on the lowest level near the river. This is consistent with the location displayed on the DEFRA MAGIC Map at SK 207 038.

Another St Ruffin's Well is purportedly situated to the south east of Stone.
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St Ruffin's Well (Tamworth)
St Ruffin's Well (Tamworth) submitted by TimPrevett : If one looks at the map on Defra, the wall behind the raised beds, beneath the balcony, delineates the site and course of the well. Aside from the plaque, there is nothing obvious there to denote a holy well. The entry on Pastscape strongly suggests the holy well remains within the main fabric of the castle (grid ref SK20620392); however, the castle staff dug in a book, knowing nothing of the... (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Ruffin's Well (Tamworth)
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SK2003 : Ankerside Shopping Centre (9) by Chris' Buet
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SK2003 : A view of the Castle Grounds (38) by Chris' Buet
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Re: St Ruffin's Well (Tamworth) by Anonymous on Thursday, 25 October 2012
This well is known for its links to the Cult of Shadows.

They have performed many rituals there over the years, which is why it was eventually closed down.

For more information contact Mrs Jo Vincent, she knows more about this than her husband Dr James.

She knows the truth

She knows the the answer...

"In the shadows, we worship That worm"
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Re: St Ruffin's Well (Tamworth) by Anonymous on Saturday, 01 September 2012
The well was capped and paved over in the 1990s; it is actually underneath the flowerbeds somewhere.
-There is a movement to try and get it uncovered and reinstated, but the council say there's no money to do it.
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    Re: St Ruffin's Well (Tamworth) the well was capped for safety and hygienic reasons./ by Anonymous on Saturday, 07 September 2024
    Hello I'm fortunate enough to live close enough that the AnkaSide centre is my local shop (almost )
    I passed this well every day for the past 53 years (almost daily) since I moved to Tamworth. It has been capped because Saturday night drunks using it as a urinal, there was believed to be unusual practices taking place at one time, and in the later years it became a meeting place for those selling and buying "items not legal". So it was closed down and made into a sensory garden for the blind.
    It is still there, towards the corner.
    I also want it to be re opened but sadly i have to agree that TBC are probably correct in saying insufficient funds;- as it would require a duty guard to protect it, from folks who would misuse it again. Look at the mess in the gatehouse. There's a good reason?
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