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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St. Osyth's Well (Bierton)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.845 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Buckinghamshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Aylesbury Nearest Village: Bierton
Map Ref: SP836152
Latitude: 51.829171N Longitude: 0.788269W
Condition:
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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 |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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The dedication to St. Osyth, an Essex princess, is attributed on the notice nearby to her connection with wells - the church's to St. James has been ascribed to the fact that he is the patron saint of pilgrims, suggesting that the well may have been a source of pilgramage before the church was built.
Reported as being next to the church of St. James the Great, I walked round the churchyard without success. Well Cottage is just to the north of the church but no signs there either. Eventually tried the local pub, and was given directions - past the church to the south for a few yards the take the turning on the left down hill.
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