<< Our Photo Pages >> St Boniface's Well (Ventnor) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Isle of Wight
Submitted by DavidCWoods on Thursday, 19 April 2007 Page Views: 11354
Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Boniface's Well (Ventnor)Country: England County: Isle of Wight Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Ventnor
Map Ref: SZ56677810
Latitude: 50.599880N Longitude: 1.200631W
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 |
0 | no data |
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Isle of Wight
Although I havn't visited the hill top location of this well, reference to that excellent publication Good Beer Guide 2007 under Ventnor Brewery states "Beer has been brewed on the site since 1840. The beers today are still made with St. Boniface natural spring water that flows through the brewery". Certainly the brewery is in the town below the hill where the spring is marked. Reference given is the hill top site - the brewey is at SZ56567769.
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