<< Text Pages >> Town Well (Maiden Bradley) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Wiltshire
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Town Well (Maiden Bradley)Country: England
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County: Wiltshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Maiden Bradley Nearest Village: Mere
Map Ref: ST8010039028
Latitude: 51.150161N Longitude: 2.285889W
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 |
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Wiltshire
The well has long since been capped. But the site is now marked by a drinking trough used as a planter. An inscription tells us that the present structure was "erected by Algernon 14th Duke of Somerset, Anno Domini 1891". A verse reads:
Drink travellers drink of Bradley's purest rill,
Which strange to say runs quite a mile up hill.
Then to your panting steeds let all attend,
An honest horse is surely Man's best friend.
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