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Photo Pages: St Michael's Well, Alnwick - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Northumberland
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Submitted by jamesrattue on Sunday, 26 November 2006 Page Views: 2175
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 Site Name: St Michael's Well, Alnwick Country: England County: Northumberland Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Alnwick
Map Ref: NU185132
Latitude: 55.412379N Longitude: 1.709351W
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Access:| 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. |
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Accuracy:| 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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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Northumberland.
This public water-spout - described on a modern plaque as 'St Michael's Wishing Well' - appears to be ancient, but it's difficult to tell!
There is a large trough into which the water spills from a Gothic column topped by a statue of St Michael slaying a dragon (his spear is definitely a modern addition). A small door on the side gives access to the pump, presumably. The well has a very decayed inscription which seems to record its restoration by the Alnwick Chamberlains in 1765, though I wonder whether most of the structure, which at first glance seems to be medieval, might date from that time. Although Alnwick has a lot of named wells and springs, this one isn't recorded in any of the sources of information on Northumberland wells known to me. The lane beside the pump is Michael Well Lane, and the site is at the top of the busy market place in the town centre.
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