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<< Our Photo Pages >> Yew Tree Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Derbyshire

Submitted by kernunos on Monday, 29 March 2004  Page Views: 4445

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Yew Tree Well Alternative Name: Goodwin's Well
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.1 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Derbyshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Ashbourne  Nearest Village: Tissington
Map Ref: SK1756252201  Landranger Map Number: 119
Latitude: 53.066764N  Longitude: 1.739366W
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
 3 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
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 3 Access:
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
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
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Anne T visited on 16th Jul 2021 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Yew Tree Well, Tissington: The second well of the day. We walked down The Street from Hall Well (with the cafe to our right hand side and church to our left), turning left into Narlow Street. This well is almost at the entrance to the Candle Workshop, underneath a tall, but relatively young Yew Tree. There was water in the well basin, but nothing seemed to be flowing into or out of the well, or along the drainage channel at the front of it, at the time of our visit.

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Yew Tree Well submitted by Creative Commons : Dressing of Yew Tree Well - Tissington 2010 The last day of the various dressings and colours have faded but do not detract to the effort that goes into dressing of the wells in the village. Copyright Mick Lobb and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well in Derbyshire. One of the famous six wells in the village of Tissington. It stands beside the main road into the village from the West. It is dressed every Ascension Day, the well dressings remaining in place for 7 days.

The well used to be called Goodwin's Well, after a tenant farmer who farmed near to the well.

The well is Grade II listed, and recorded as Historic England List ID 1335257.
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Yew Tree Well submitted by Anne T : At first sight, Yew Tree Well looks very pretty, although getting closer, it's obviously a modern structure. Historic England tell us this is probably from the 18th century. Narlow Lane runs the to the right hand side of the well, with the Candle Workshop off shot to its left hand side. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Yew Tree Well submitted by Anne T : The well from its northern side, showing the dry well basin and the drainage channel in front of it. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Yew Tree Well submitted by Anne T : The well basin was completely dry at the time of our visit, the only sign of having held water was the dry, green algae at the bottom of the well basin. Presumably water flowed into the well from the small pipe/hole in the limestone slabs (shown on the right hand side of the photo), into the basin, then out along the drainage channel at the front of the well. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Yew Tree Well submitted by Anne T : The well, showing the drainage channel in front of it (dry at the time of our visit), from the east-south-east. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Yew Tree Well submitted by Anne T : The well as seen from just to the east, next to the entrance to the Candle Workshop.

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Yew Tree Well submitted by Anne T : The well as seen from the northern side of Narlow Lane.

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Yew Tree Well submitted by Creative Commons : Yew Tree Well Tissington 2006 Balaam and the Angel! Copyright Dennis Thorley and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

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Yew Tree Well submitted by kernunos : Very little flow when i visited in early may 2005, as evidenced by the rather stagnant water.

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Yew Tree Well submitted by kernunos : The aptly named well is located beside the road near to the candle workshop.

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