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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Our Lady's Well (Oakham)Country: England County: Leicestershire and Rutland Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Oakham
Map Ref: SK866095
Latitude: 52.676293N Longitude: 0.720593W
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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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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Our Lady's Well at Oakham was once famed for curing sore eyes - providing that a pin was thrown in first.
In 1291 indulgences could be obtained by visiting Oakham Church during its patronal festival - All Saints - and there was a pilgrimage (at a price) to Our Lady's Well. In 1881 it was visited by the future Queen Alexandra. It is to the north-east of the town, on an area of rough ground near a modern housing estate.
Based on the description by, and used by kind permission of, Bob Trubshaw, from his Interactive Little-known Leicestershire and Rutland CD-ROM.
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