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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Skinner''s WellCountry: England County: Derbyshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Bakewell Nearest Village: Ashford in the water
Map Ref: SK177699
Latitude: 53.225853N Longitude: 1.736335W
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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Although Ashford is one of the county’s traditional well dressing places, however none of the wells dressed appear to have been significant. But the Skinner’s or Sinner’s Well a mile or so from the village is certainly very ancient. Antiquarian Addy (1895) notes it was visited by children on Easter Sunday Morning with a quarter of sugar, honey or liquorice and dissolved in its water. It arises in a small dell along a footpath off the Bakewell road at the base of Great Shucklow a few yards from a cave where prehistoric remains have been found. It is surrounded by a number of dressed and undressed stones which earlier photographs show formed a semi-circular structure.
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