<< Our Photo Pages >> Hermit's Well (Dale Abbey) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Derbyshire
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Hermit's Well (Dale Abbey)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 3.4 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Derbyshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Spondon
Map Ref: SK43783861
Latitude: 52.943101N Longitude: 1.34996W
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 |
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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 |
| 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 |
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The Hermit's Well at Dale Abbey features on The Northern Antiquarian's page for Hermit’s Well, Dale Abbey, Derbyshire. TNA give directions for finding the well, which lies within the private garden of Church House, although it can be seen in winter from the footpath below the church, as well as from the churchyard.
TNA include photographs, a brief archaeology & history and local folklore, this saying that the waters of the well were curative and that it was a wising well: "being visited on Good Friday, between twelve and three o’clock, water being drunk three times."
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