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<< Text Pages >> Mus Well (Muswell Hill) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Greater London

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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Mus Well (Muswell Hill) Alternative Name: Moss Well; Mossy Well (Muswell Hill)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.497 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Greater London Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Muswell Hill
Map Ref: TQ28869001
Latitude: 51.594208N  Longitude: 0.141107W
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4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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1Awful
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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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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Greater London

Recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 401393, "Muswell Hill derives its name from an old well on the top of the hill where formerly the fraternity of St John of Jesusalem, whose headquarters were at Clerkenwell, had a considerable farm conferred on them by Bishop Beauvais or Beauvoir … Miraculous cures were attributed to the well, and it drew a large concourse of pilgrims to the adjoining shrine of Our Lady in whose honour a chapel was erected". Pastscape continues, saying the site of the wells seems to have been completely forgotten, though they were in existence 80 years ago.

The Journal of Antiquities also includes an entry for Mossy Well, Muswell Hill, Haringey, London, which mentions a second well, St Mary's Well, which was nearby but has been long capped off. But, the Journal adds, it may be the same well as Mus Well, but renamed by local Augustinian nuns who built their chapel here.

The Journal also includes local tradition about this well, together with a list of reference sources for more information.

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TQ2890 : Coniston Road N10 by Robin Sones
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TQ2890 : Muswell Road N10 by Robin Sones
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TQ2889 : Muswell Avenue N10 by Robin Sones
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TQ2890 : Curzon Road N10 by Robin Sones
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TQ2889 : Dorchester Court, Muswell Hill by Chris Whippet
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Re: Mus Well (Muswell Hill) by Anonymous on Thursday, 21 May 2020
From https://hornseyhistorical.org.uk/brief-history-muswell-hill/
A curative well
The ‘mossy well’ which gave the settlement its name, was situated on 64 acres of land east of Colney Hatch Lane. This was given in 1152 by Richard de Belmeis ll, Bishop of London, to the nuns of the Augustinian Priory of St Mary, Clerkenwell, for use as a farm. The well was believed to have curative properties after an apparent cure of a King of Scotland and a chapel with a priest’s house were built by Bishop de Belmeis to serve the pilgrims drawn to it.

After the Dissolution of the Monasteries (1539) under King Henry VIII the well ceased to be a place of pilgrimage. The land passed into private ownership but civil jurisdiction was exercised by Clerkenwell parish. The area was known as ‘Clerkenwell Detached’ until 1900 when it came under the control of Hornsey Urban District Council. The well survived until 1898 and a plaque on No. 40 Muswell Road marks the spot.
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