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<< Our Photo Pages >> St. Margaret's Well (Mugswell) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Surrey

Submitted by DavidCWoods on Friday, 26 November 2004  Page Views: 10056

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St. Margaret's Well (Mugswell) Alternative Name: Mag's Well, Mugswell
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.092 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Surrey Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Reigate  Nearest Village: Mugswell
Map Ref: TQ258553
Latitude: 51.282958N  Longitude: 0.19758W
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
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
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
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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St. Margaret's Well (Mugswell)
St. Margaret's Well (Mugswell) submitted by DavidCWoods : The well is in a picturesque pub garden, although obviously fairly recently landscaped. Historical pictures showing its condition over the years would be interesting. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Surrey

You could say that this well is ideally positioned - in the garden of a CAMRA recommended pub ! The pub is the Well House, on Chipstead Lane, quite close to Junction 8 of the M25. I visited in a snowstorm, the first of the year (for me, anyway). A notice on the well, which is of the wishing well type, complete with bucket, says that it is thought to be the one mentioned in the Domesday Book, and that the village of Mugswell derives its name from here. Possible problems with this are that the village is about half a mile away up the hill and the the road leading to it is called Monkswell Lane. Whether this is the well referred to in the road name or whether there is another I am not yet sure.
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St. Margaret's Well (Mugswell)
St. Margaret's Well (Mugswell) submitted by amunptah : A view of the inside of the well. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St. Margaret's Well (Mugswell)
St. Margaret's Well (Mugswell) submitted by DavidCWoods : Note the use of "credited with" in the notice - there is presumably some doubt. OS maps from the Victorian era show other wells in the area, so there may be scope for further research. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St. Margaret's Well (Mugswell)
St. Margaret's Well (Mugswell) submitted by DavidCWoods : On the side of a hill, as so many wells are. The village is closer to the top, about half a mile up Monkswell Lane, which in turn branches off Chipstead Lane a few hundred yards away from the pub. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
TQ2555 : Footpath by The Saunterer
by The Saunterer
©2012(licence)
TQ2555 : Well House Inn by Kurseong Carl
by Kurseong Carl
©2012(licence)
TQ2555 : The Well House Inn, Mugswell by John Hilton
by John Hilton
©2007(licence)
TQ2555 : Chipstead Lane by Ian Capper
by Ian Capper
©2010(licence)
TQ2555 : The Well House Inn by The Saunterer
by The Saunterer
©2012(licence)

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