<< Our Photo Pages >> Holybourne - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Hampshire
Submitted by DavidCWoods on Sunday, 22 January 2006 Page Views: 8596
Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: HolybourneCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 3.537 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Hampshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Alton Nearest Village: Holybourne
Map Ref: SU732412
Latitude: 51.165372N Longitude: 0.954486W
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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Bourne is an old world for a stream, especially in Southern England. Holybourne is a village just to the north east of Alton. The Holybourne is a stream running from the pond below the church into the river Wey.
Hope has "The Holybourne is supplied by a spring from the chalk near the upper green sand outcrop. The spring has an elevation of about 350ft., and is close to the churchyard. Formally the water issued from its natural spring almost opposite the west door of the church, and about 20 yds. from it; when the churchyard was enlarged, the spring and its stream were culverted for about 30 or 40 yds. to the pond".
I visited in January 2006 and, on visiting the church, found a small guide book. It mentions springs still to found beneath the altar and at the west end of the nave, and states that the stream was reputed to have healing properties for those with eye troubles.
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