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<< Our Photo Pages >> St John's Well (Stepper Point) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Cornwall
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Submitted by Thorgrim on Monday, 11 October 2004 Page Views: 6198
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Re: St John's Well (Score: 1)
by Rory on Sunday, 07 May 2006
(User Info | Send a Message) | Cheryl’s book is invaluable, always in my backpack on my Cornish expeditions. J. Meyrick (A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Holy Wells of Cornwall and their Saints) saw the well in 1979. He found it at the headland, near where a field hedge joins the coastal path “in a small quarry. The water is clear but covered with green algae and the overflow escapes through the hedge to the rocks below.” I visited the area three times but found nothing convincing. I hope that someone out there might feel inspired to track it down. (Incidentally, it’s an awesome walk to Stepper Point.)
Straffon was writing at least eight years ago. It would be sad if St. John’s Well were now be lost. It is tragic that so many of the locals we spoke to were quite oblivious. | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: St John's Well (Score: 1)
by Rory on Friday, 05 May 2006
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Am I correct to assume that Thorgrim has actually seen the waters of St. John's? If so that's tremendously reassuring. After failing to locate it I sought advice at Padstow Museum. There I discovered that the field that theendlessbreeze walked through to get to the signpost is called St. John's - so it is clear that this is where the old "beacon chapel" and well were located. When I returned I could find no trace. At the time I found it hard to believe given it was described as being present, if dilapidated, in the 1970s. | [ Reply to This ]
Re: St John's Well (Score: 1)
by JimChampion (no.spam@all.thanks) on Saturday, 06 May 2006
(User Info | Send a Message) | | I know I've added sites using secondary sources, which obviously aren't always reliable or accurate! If you want to ask Thorgrim directly then you can use the "send a message" link on his posting above. |
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Re: St John's Well (Score: 1)
by Thorgrim (Spamproof.com) on Saturday, 06 May 2006
(User Info | Send a Message) | No - I have never been there. We originally listed holy wells from other sources in order to provide information on suitable sites for you to find and photograph. This well is described in Cheryl Straffon's excellent book "Fentynyow Kernow - in search of Cornwall's Holy Wells" She describes this one as being outside Padstow:
"Just outside the town there were 2 wells on the coast. St John's Well lay on the headland of Stepper Point 3.5 miles to the north of the town. It originally had a beacon chapel but all that now remains is a spring under a rock by the cliff." |
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Re: St John's Well (Score: 1)
by theendlessbreeze on Friday, 11 June 2004
(User Info | Send a Message) | Condition:
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I asked advice from a man in the hut on Stepper Point. He claimed that the well used to be marked on old maps, but on todays maps it is marked as a spring.
To find it he said, take the footpath around the left and it is/was located on the lowest part of this footpath by the wall. He added is has probably dried up now.
When I went to look for it, all I could find was a footpath signpost marked St Johns Well. | [ Reply to This ]
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 Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
 Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
 Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma. |
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