<< Our Photo Pages >> Broad Well (Alton Priors) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Wiltshire
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Broad Well (Alton Priors) Alternative Name: Brade WyllCountry: 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
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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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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