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<< Our Photo Pages >> Lady's Well (Holystone) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Northumberland

Submitted by vicky on Monday, 29 March 2004  Page Views: 25569

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Lady's Well (Holystone) Alternative Name: St. Ninian's Well (Holystone)
Country: England County: Northumberland Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 Nearest Village: Holystone
Map Ref: NT95270291  Landranger Map Number: 81
Latitude: 55.320238N  Longitude: 2.076083W
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
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
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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
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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FeelingPeachy visited on 17th Sep 2010 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4 A short walk across the fields from the village of Holystone (is well signposted, so you can't get lost). The field is also quite special, with a peaceful ambience. We visited late in the afternoon, and it was very quiet. This is beautiful, tranquil place. The water in the well is crystal clear, with the water continuously running. The trees surrounding the well seem to have been specially chosen to reinforce the sacredness of this site: Yew, Beech, Holly. I am studying/visiting places with a connection to the Divine Feminine, and this, The Lady's Well, felt very special to me..would like to find out more! Highly recommended if you want a place to be still, to meditate and 'switch off' for an hour. A place to find inner-peace and solitude.

Lady's Well (Holystone)
Lady's Well (Holystone) submitted by KiwiBetsy : Lying silently among a fenced grove of trees is a large, shallow, horizontal arch shaped pool thought to have been built by the Romans over an even older site. (Vote or comment on this photo)
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Lady's Well (Holystone)
Lady's Well (Holystone) submitted by KiwiBetsy : The site was restored in the 19th century and is now cared for by the National Trust. Another sign on the side of a building in the tiny village of Holystone, points the way to the well across the fields but if, like us, you miss this you will end up driving past St Mungo’s Well and parking in the Forestry Commission carpark. A path leads through the forest for a way before turning right to cr... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lady's Well (Holystone)
Lady's Well (Holystone) submitted by KiwiBetsy : During the first half of the 12th century a Priory was built at Holystone as a home for some Augustinian Canonesses. Since then the well has been known as Lady's Well after these religious ladies who cared for the well right up to the Dissolution of the Monasteries. They are said to have added the cross that reflects so splendidly in the water. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Lady's Well (Holystone)
Lady's Well (Holystone) submitted by KiwiBetsy : The statue represents St Paulinus and he stands contemplating his reflection in the pool. It was added to the site in the 18th century. The well was originally called St Ninian’s Well after a 5th century apostle. associated with a number of wells beside Roman roads in Northumbria. The name was changed to St Paulinus’s Well after Paulinus, who later became Bishop of York, baptised 2000 conve... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lady's Well (Holystone)
Lady's Well (Holystone) submitted by w650marion : This side of the well is still looking good. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lady's Well (Holystone)
Lady's Well (Holystone) submitted by w650marion : Repair work still ongoing at the well, statue not present January 2023

Lady's Well (Holystone)
Lady's Well (Holystone) submitted by durhamnature : Holystone Well in 1900, from Berwickshire Naturalists via Archive.org

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Re: Lady's Well (Holystone) by Anonymous on Sunday, 09 December 2018
Just got back from a twilight visit with Friends. Signage difficult to read. Pathway up was a quagmire in places. Dog mess in places. Site itself was magical. Very still and silent. Beautiful reflections of a sunset sky reflected in mirror glass water of pool. Tall trees stood sentry around the site lending a sense of calm and tranquillity.
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Re: Lady's Well (Holystone) by Anonymous on Tuesday, 24 January 2017
The pool is in beautiful condition, maintained by the National Trust, with a wonderful peaceful energy.
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Re: Lady's Well (Holystone) by Anonymous on Sunday, 03 July 2016
Holystone village
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Re: Lady's Well (Holystone) by Anonymous on Friday, 14 September 2012
It was most interesting to visit this site on 13 September 2012.

Quite well conserved but definately not enough legible information about the Saints associated with the place and associated history. The carved inscription on the Celtic Cross base was covered with lichens and illegible especially to the partially sighted.

A booklet in the nearby church would be a good idea. Thank you
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    Re: Lady's Well (Holystone) by Runemage on Friday, 14 September 2012
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    If you look on the church signboard, that should give you a contact number, you could enquire whether they are in the process of producing any booklets with the history of the Well, or you could suggest they may like to do so.
    Considering the name of the village is Holystone, it's likely the Well was much more ancient and was incorporated, whereas the fate of the stone after which the village is named appears to be a mystery - at least inasmuch as it's not shown on our list of nearby sites! Perhaps it's within the church's curtilage and has been carved into a cross or it could be in the actual building.
    There's a local archaeology group who may have further info at http://www.holystonehag.co.uk/
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Re: Lady's Well (Holystone) by Foggyd on Monday, 09 April 2012
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Just visited this site again today, grew up near here as a child, it has a lovely peaceful ambience with a natural identity and presence.... The heritage and the visible spring use for the village was brilliant to see, and the water from the brook tasted better than Evian..... the public footpaths surrounding the well were brilliant to view the roman road and get a sense of how the holy well evolved ........ long may it continue to be accessible to the layman :)
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Re: Lady's Well (Holystone) by Anonymous on Wednesday, 04 April 2012
simply the most beautiful and peaceful women's place of contemplation and reflection in many counties
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Re: Lady's Well (Holystone) by FeelingPeachy on Saturday, 18 September 2010
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Visited on 17th September, 2010. A peaceful place to visit and spend an hour in meditation, or silent contemplation. The trees surrounding the Well are also very beautiful: Yew, Beech and Holly to name but a few.
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Re: Lady's Well (Holystone) by Anonymous on Sunday, 02 March 2008
we visit this lovely site regularly and on february the 14th of this year (2008) my partner proposed to me.
how romantic, just the perfect setting.



Lyn Henderson
Alnwick
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Re: Lady's Well (Holystone) by Anonymous on Monday, 25 June 2007
I think this is a stunning place to visit. The well is beautiful and incredibly peaceful, and the setting is wonderful. Top place!
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Re: Lady's Well (Holystone) by Anonymous on Monday, 25 June 2007
Condition: 5
Ambience: 5
Access: 5
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Re: Lady's Well (Holystone) by Anonymous on Sunday, 26 November 2006
I visited this site in July 2003. My mother's family lived in Holystone and her older sister would often escort visitors across the field to the Lady's Well, circa 1916.
It is a beautiful, peaceful and spiritual spot.

Bob Macpherson
Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada
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