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Text Pages: Broad Well (Alton Priors) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Wiltshire

Submitted by kernunos on Sunday, 24 April 2005 Page Views: 2849

Site Name: Broad Well (Alton Priors) Alternative Name: Brade Wyll
Country: England County: Wiltshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Marlborough Nearest Village: Alton Priors
Map Ref: SU108622
Latitude: 51.358770N Longitude: 1.846279W
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Wiltshire

This spring rises in a bend in the stream that runs in front of the lovely Alton Priors church. The water can be seen bubbling up through the sandy stream bed, an attribute that often leads to the name 'boiling well', but not in this case. A 'Bradewelle' (meaning 'Wide Spring') is mentioned as early as 825 in the Saxon Charters. In fact, the name Alton probably derives from 'aewielle' and 'tun' meaning 'the farm by the spring'. Broadwell is likely to be the very spring that gave Alton Priors its name.

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SU1062 : Fields above Alton Barnes by Andrew Smith

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SU1062 : View to the downs, Alton Barnes by Andrew Smith

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SU1062 : Road, Alton Barnes by Andrew Smith

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SU1062 : Road above Alton Barnes by Andrew Smith

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SU1062 : Alton Barnes and Woodborough Hill by Maurice Pullin

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Re: Broad Well (Alton Priors) (Score: 1)
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