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<< Our Photo Pages >> Hampston's Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Cheshire

Submitted by HOLYWELL on Tuesday, 06 May 2008  Page Views: 15015

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Hampston's Well Alternative Name: Patrick's well
Country: England County: Cheshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 Nearest Village: Burton
Map Ref: SJ3099074309
Latitude: 53.261273N  Longitude: 3.036007W
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:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
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
0No data.
 5 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
0no data
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pickle1984 visited on 7th Mar 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Spring still flowing. Very silted basin.

Hampston's Well
Hampston's Well submitted by TimPrevett : The main entry has good details. On arriving there is space for two cars, and even a bag for litter! Two large embedded columns give information about the sites history, linking them to Burton Iron Age settlement and Anglo Saxon usage. Steps lead down into a wide open area into which seem to flow a number of tributary springs - though given Cheshire and Lancashire had some flash flooding last nig... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well in Cheshire. Found on the left hand side of Station Road, as you leave the village of Burton on the Wirral. The remains of this well were restored and the garden made in 1975 by Ellesmere Port Borough Council and although it is first mentioned in the early 1600s it may have been used iron age settlements at Burton Point and the Anglo-Saxon settlement.

By the nineteenth century it had become known as Hampston's Well after a family who had lived in Burton since the sixteenth century.The alternative name, Patrick's well may be confused or related to St Patrick's well at Bromborough not far distance located on one side of the common land bounded The Manor Court concerning was responisble for the well and constables charged with cleaning the well each year and all able-bodied men of Burton were required to help under pain of a fine of six pence. There were also lawyers regarding washing of clothes at the well or turning well water out of its course.


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Hampston's Well
Hampston's Well submitted by TimPrevett : The main entry has good details. On arriving there is space for two cars, and even a bag for litter! Two large embedded columns give information about the sites history, linking them to Burton Iron Age settlement and Anglo Saxon usage. Steps lead down into a wide open area into which seem to flow a number of tributary springs - though given Cheshire and Lancashire had some flash flooding last nig... (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hampston's Well submitted by BARBANN : 20 July 2023 Hampstons Well, Station Road, Burton, Cheshire, showing Sandstone Well Trough in foreground and Spring Pool after recent ongoing renovations. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hampston's Well submitted by TimPrevett : Clouties, Jim - but not as we know them? A tied pair of adult men's shoes thrown into the trees above the well... significance being? (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hampston's Well
Hampston's Well submitted by TimPrevett : Showing the well's situation in context with the road. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hampston's Well
Hampston's Well submitted by TimPrevett : The main entry has good details. On arriving there is space for two cars, and even a bag for litter! Two large embedded columns give information about the sites history, linking them to Burton Iron Age settlement and Anglo Saxon usage. Steps lead down into a wide open area into which seem to flow a number of tributary springs - though given Cheshire and Lancashire had some flash flooding last nig... (1 comment)

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Hampston's Well submitted by TimPrevett (1 comment)

Hampston's Well
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Re: Hampston's Well by Anonymous on Tuesday, 27 June 2023
The Friends of Hampstons Well ( Burton) have a Facebook Page of the same name showing the restoration work of the Ancient Well and Community Garden.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1232410467153526
There is also a promotional video at this link
https://www.spacehive.com/restore-the-ancient-well-of-burton
Save our Sacred Wells and Springs - find your local wells and springs and breathe life back into them.

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Re: Hampston's Well by Anonymous on Thursday, 26 May 2022
Since lockdown the site has been cleaned up dramatically by a group of community volunteers, the group can be found on Facebook as the friends of Hamptons well, the pool has been cleared of silt and work is ongoing to repair the cobble surround of the pool. Further weed and vegetation clearance has been undertaken as well.
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Re: Hampston's Well by pickle1984 on Wednesday, 07 March 2012
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Very overgrown and full of silt. Shame tho as it looks like it could be lovely.
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Re: Hampston's Well - STREET VIEW by Judy6 on Tuesday, 20 April 2010
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Re: Hampston's Well by TimPrevett on Tuesday, 06 May 2008
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Re: Hampston's Well by TimPrevett on Tuesday, 06 May 2008
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Struck me that the site is in need of a big tidy up; lots of mud, severely overgrown - clarity of interpretation, unless visiting in winter - is for the determined.
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