<< Our Photo Pages >> St. Helen's Well (Waterside, Colne) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Lancashire
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St. Helen's Well (Waterside, Colne)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.685 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Lancashire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Colne
Map Ref: SD890397
Latitude: 53.853412N Longitude: 2.168704W
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 Lancashire
"1935 saw the end of St. Helen's Mill in Waterside. Built by Nicholas England in 1835 it was named after the St. Helen's Well nearby which was reputed to have been named by the Romans." from Crambie, Geoff, R., (1978) A Colne Festival, Printed by: Turner & Earnshaw Ltd.
This well still exists, in the midst of the surrounding post industrial town, in an area of overgrown scrub woodland off Waterside Road.
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