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<< Text Pages >> Bede's Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Northumberland

Submitted by Anne T on Wednesday, 26 April 2017  Page Views: 1848

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Bede's Well
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.681 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Northumberland Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring

Map Ref: NZ31986415
Latitude: 54.970948N  Longitude: 1.501972W
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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
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no data 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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Holy Well in Northumberland

Bede's Well in Jarrow is listed on Pastscape Monument No. 26594, and is described in their 1975 report as "a holy well at Monkton known as Bede's Well where children troubled with disease or infirmity were customarily dipped. A midsummer fair was also held here. The well has been recently enclosed. Bede's Well is situated in a marshy area and no portion is visible above ground level. Only the iron railings, which have been placed around the well for protection, are visible."

Interestingly, the Pastscape information for a 1952 field investigation recorded: "the enclosure ('A' at NZ 319885 641573), which ...... surrounds Bede's Well in 1952, has been completely destroyed and the site is now covered by rubble and partly used as an unofficial rubbish tip. There is no trace of the well or even any water. At 'B' NZ 319945641643 is a brick structure (1.0m high, 2.5m E-W and 2.0m N-S) partly covered on its NE side by slopes. A manhole cover in the top of this structure reveals piped flowing water about 2.0m below. Local people say this is "Bede's Well" but it would appear to be no more than the piped drain from "Bede's Burn" which sinks in marshy ground about 50.0m to the W. As there is some 10.0m difference between this structure 'B' and the iron railing site 'A' and it is on the opposite side of the old course of "Bede's Burn" it is very doubtful if the locals are correct. Site only - no remains."

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) record details for this holy well, see their page for Bede's Well, Hebburn, Jarrow, County Durham (although please note, Jarrow as from 1974 is now in Tyne and Wear, not County Durham). TNA give the grid reference as NZ 3214 6413, which is some 160 metres east of the official reference which is in the middle of Campbell Park. TNA give directions on how to reach the site, together with photographs and related folklore.

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NZ3164 : Campbell Park, Hebburn by Oliver Dixon
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NZ3164 : No 2 Coal Train, Entrance Campbell Park by Alex McGregor
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NZ3264 : 'Bede's Well' Jarrow by Vin Mullen
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NZ3264 : 'Bede's Well' Jarrow by Vin Mullen
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NZ3264 : 'Bede's Well' Jarrow by Vin Mullen
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Re: Bede's Well by Anonymous on Thursday, 29 April 2021
My local town .sorry I posted on Facebook not knowing permission was needed . Sorry Andy 🌟can I post to the local group who are going restore take care of this scared well .
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Re: Bede's Well by Anonymous on Wednesday, 26 April 2017
Hi Anne - Thanks for pointing out the OS-grid-ref error. Now corrected. Much appreciated. ;)
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