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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Sweet Willy Well (Wrose) Alternative Name: Lin Well (Wrose); Silver Stream (Wrose); Sugar Stream (Wrose)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.536 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Shipley Nearest Village: Wrose
Map Ref: SE1656136440
Latitude: 53.823970N Longitude: 1.749901W
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2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
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1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Yorkshire (West)

This intriguingly named well is featured on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) - see their entry for Sweet Willy Well, Wrose, Shipley, West Yorkshire, which gives directions for finding this well together with a photograph and description.

TNA adds: "Initially located on the local boundary line between Eccleshill and Wrose, the waters used to be found running into a trough about 100 yards further up the small valley, but this has been lost and housing now covers its original site. You can see how the stream has cut the valley further upstream, but now it bubbles up from beneath the rocks shown in the photo. Bradford historian Robert Allen (1927) described the site in his survey as originally being between North Spring and South Spring Wood."

The name Sweet Willy Well remains a mystery, although an alternative Lin Well could refer to the large number of linnets that used to be found here.

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