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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Kings Newton Holy WellCountry: England County: Derbyshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Derby Nearest Village: Kings Newton
Map Ref: SK38572629
Latitude: 52.832757N Longitude: 1.428942W
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 |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Holy Well in Derbyshire,
This well was 1366 Noted as Halywalsiche. The purchase of the lands of St Catherine's Chantry, lately dissolved, in 1564, refers to lands at Holy well hedge and Hollywell siche.
Repaired in 1662 and had a carved inscription: 'FONS SAGER HIC STRVITVR ROBERTO NOMINIS HARDINGE 16xx'; which translates to 'This Holy well was built by Robert named Hardinge 16xx'. Briggs suggested the date of 1660, which is quite likely, as it coincides with the Restoration of Charles II. However, the inscription was later re-cut as pre-war postcards show the date to be quite clearly 1662. The arch survived for nearly 300 years but vandals and the roots of the nearby ash tree set over the arch, now lost. Waters said to flow towards the rising sun. Repaired in the 1980s, and a plaque beside it records the old inscription. It is signed from the road.
For more information see Pastscape Monument No. 922865, which records: "This well was 'demolished by vandals, 1952'. A few dressed stone blocks and a modern drain mark the site of this former well at SK 3857 2629."
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page for this well - see their entry for the Holy Well, King’s Newton, Derbyshire, which gives directions for finding this site together with an 1893 drawing, a photograph of the restored well and a brief archaeology & history. TNA add some local folklore, which tells us: "There appears to be no records regarding its properties baring its ‘superior excellence of its waters‘, and being noted as a mineral spring. Interestingly, its waters are said to flow towards the rising sun."
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