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<< Our Photo Pages >> St. John's Well (Suffolk) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Suffolk

Submitted by HOLYWELL on Saturday, 16 February 2008  Page Views: 7468

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St. John's Well (Suffolk) Alternative Name: Holy Well
Country: England County: Suffolk Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 Nearest Village: Great Barton
Map Ref: TL889669
Latitude: 52.267804N  Longitude: 0.766933E
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
4 Ambience:
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4Good
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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
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1 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
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St. John's Well (Suffolk)
St. John's Well (Suffolk) submitted by HOLYWELL : Laying in a Suffolk garden is St. John's well (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Suffolk. It consists of a circular approximately two foot high well, with a fastened wooden lid. The brick work consists of a mixture of two red bricks layers sandwiching, a layer of round agate / pebbles, and then topped with a level of brick, and then a final layer of sandstone.

Although the lid was locked, the water looked quite deep. A pleasant circular summer house has been constructed around the well. This has a concrete floor and a cone thatched roof supported by timber frames, set on short red bricked columns. A clematis has scrambled across the roof, and the indeed the edges of the summer house are quite obscured with vegetation.

The well, to the left of the cottage gates, can also be seen from the road through the hedge, outside the private garden of the cottage. However apart from the marking of its location upon the appropriate O/S maps in Old English Script as ' Well '

The present owners, know little of the origin of the well, although the well's water was still used according an elderly neighbour who had died recently. Its waters have never been known to dry even in drought conditions, despite being a shallow well of 7-8ft below the surface with 3-4ft of water. It is possible that the well received its dedication from Palgrave Chapel of St John, which was demolished in 1545. The only written report acquired is as follows :
‘Situated in the garden of a private house built c 1923 the well head and canopy probably date from the same time. According to the owner of the house the well is marked on maps as old as the 17th century but there is nothing of this age to be seen in the lining which seems to be modern brick.'

Directions: From Bury St Edmunds take the A143 to Ixworth, and take the second road on the left through Barton Park, and the first cottage on the left is St John's Cottage, and the well lies in their private garden.

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TL8966 : A143 The Street, Great Barton by Geographer
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