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<< Text Pages >> St Martin's Well (Exeter) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Devon

Submitted by vicky on Monday, 29 March 2004  Page Views: 15055

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Martin's Well (Exeter)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.0 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Devon Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Exeter
Map Ref: SX922925  Landranger Map Number: 192
Latitude: 50.722093N  Longitude: 3.528529W
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
 5 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.
 5 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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Re: St Martin's Well (Exeter) by Anonymous on Wednesday, 14 February 2024
There is a curious and unusual postcard of this well on eBay. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334888181243. The price of £12 is somewhat north of what I'd be prepared to pay for it however.
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Re: St Martin's Well (Exeter) by hoya105 on Tuesday, 05 December 2023
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If this well was in The Well House or in the Royal Clarence Hotel it is now lost since a disastrous fire a few years ago.... I was sad to learn about this - as an avid well visitor - even more so as I grew up in E eter and used to be taken to the Royal Clarence on special occasions....( it was really posh!) Less salubrious was The Well House - on the many occasions I drank there the dizzying array of good ale blinded me to the meaning of the name of the hostelry....!! At least now the skelaton may rest in peace....
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Re: St Martin's Well (Exeter) by Lucy_Skywalker on Monday, 07 September 2009
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This is surely the well in the basement of the Well House Tavern, 16-17 Cathedral Close. There is a skeleton in an ancient display case built into the wall nearby. You can feel the vibrations of the water if you sit in the front of the tavern overhead.
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Re: St Martin's Well (Exeter) by Lucy_Skywalker on Friday, 04 September 2009
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The Well House Tavern is in Cathedral Close, facing the cathedral. Sit in the front of the tavern and feel the vibrations.
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Re: St Martin's Well (Exeter) by Anonymous on Friday, 04 September 2009
This well is located in the cellar of the Well House Tavern and in the same room there is an acient childs skeleton displayed behind a glass panel.
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Re: St Martin's Well (Exeter) by Anonymous on Wednesday, 17 October 2007
Does anyone have more info on this? Is the spring inside/underneath St. Martin's church?
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    Re: St Martin's Well (Exeter) by AngieLake on Thursday, 18 October 2007
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    Hi Anonymous - In answer to your question about St Martin's Well:
    A book by Terry Faull, 'Secrets of the Hidden Source', lists most wells in Devon and this is what he says:
    St Martin's Well: located at the edge of Cathedral Close; this was claimed to be a Roman Well (possibly located in the cellars of the Royal Clarence Hotel)."

    If you live locally try asking at the Hotel, or else pop in to the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Queen Street. There's a good Roman period display there.
    Or check out the Exeter city website.
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Re: St Martin's Well (Exeter) by Anonymous on Tuesday, 31 May 2005
i found the information on this site very useful. thank you for your help! JF
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