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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Oswald's Well (Winwick)Country: England County: Cheshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Warrington Nearest Village: Winwick
Map Ref: SJ6074294099 Landranger Map Number: 109
Latitude: 53.442190N Longitude: 2.592485W
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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Holy Well / Spring in Cheshire
This holy well is recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 73569, which tell us this is: "A stone well chamber supposedly on the spot where St Oswald was killed at the battle of Maserfelth. The well chamber is square and measures 0.7 metres across and is about 1.9 metres deep with three steps on the south side leading down to the water. A large stone slab has been placed over the aperture, covering half of the opening and protecting the remains from cattle or human access. Scheduled."
For the scheduling information refer to Historic England List ID 1343263, which adds: "Well. Date unknown, with pre-Reformation stone lining. One stone inscribed "IHS MH". Referred to by Bede, A.D. 642."
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page for this site - see their entry for St. Oswald’s Well, Winwick, Cheshire, which gives local folklore from Henry Taylor's The Ancient Crosses and Holy Wells of Lancashire.
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