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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Swithin's Well (Copt Hewick)Country: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Ripon Nearest Village: Copt Hewick
Map Ref: SE3413271336
Latitude: 54.136739N Longitude: 1.47909W
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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The well is dedicated to St Swithin who became Bishop of Winchester in 862AD. He must have passed this way at some stage, maybe on his way to visit St Wilfrid in nearby Ripon.
When we visited in May 2003 the well was sitting lonely and unloved in the long grass. We traded it’s accumulated rubbish for a bunch of wildflowers and hope that we started a trend.
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