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<< Text Pages >> Hobling Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Kent

Submitted by HOLYWELL on Tuesday, 01 March 2011  Page Views: 7688

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Hobling Well Alternative Name: Hob's Well
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.1 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Kent Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 Nearest Village: St Paul's Cray
Map Ref: TQ456691
Latitude: 51.402248N  Longitude: 0.091776E
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
2 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
4

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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Kent

The site called Hobling Well may record a tradition of a well dedicated to fairies, Hob being another name for such elementals. The view is supported by a Robin Hole recorded on the Tithe Map of 1839 nearby. A small spring fills a pond not far off the footpath.
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TQ4569 : St Paul's Wood Hill by Ian Capper
by Ian Capper
©2017(licence)
TQ4569 : Grassy slope above Hoblingwell Wood by David Martin
by David Martin
©2022(licence)
TQ4569 : Houses on St Paul's Wood Hill by David Howard
by David Howard
©2015(licence)
TQ4569 : Leesons Way, Junction with Petersham Drive by Stacey Harris
by Stacey Harris
©2008(licence)
TQ4569 : St Paul's Wood Hill by N Chadwick
by N Chadwick
©2013(licence)

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Re: Hobling Well by Anonymous on Thursday, 20 November 2014
Hoblingwell Woods in which the Hobling Well once stood is a very old wood standing on a site even older. Under the church opposite is a Bronze Age camp which dates back to 3,000 b.c. History books tell us the dwellers in the camp got their water from the woods. In 1428 it was the centre for local black magic practises.
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A visit to Hob's Well by Andy B on Wednesday, 18 May 2011
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As Petts Wood, the area mentioned as possessing this well is a short bus ride from my home I decided to go and investigate. It was yet another sunny dry day, as the early Sunday morning sunshine reflected brightly on every tree, shrub and groundcover plant. The hawthorns are adorned in their white cloaks of blossom, and the cow parsley beneath their feet bubble forth flowers, which covers the fields in champagne bubbles.

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