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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Shad Well
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.062 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Somerset Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Wincanton
Map Ref: ST711289
Latitude: 51.058706N  Longitude: 2.413745W
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
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 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
0No data.
 5 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
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Shad Well
Shad Well submitted by KiwiBetsy : The structure housing the well consists of a two arches with a pillar between upon which is mounted a large iron tap. Under one arch is a stone tub or font and under the other the well drips from underneath a large mound of mosses into a small pool. On the pillar can just be made out a date, possibly 1865. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Somerset.
Shad Well sits on the left side (as you travel toward Bruton) of the B3081 on the edge of Wincanton and on the corner of Shadwell Lane, just opposite the River Cale.



The structure housing the well consists of a two arches with a pillar between upon which is mounted a large iron tap. Under one arch is a stone tub or font and under the other the well drips from underneath a large mound of mosses into a small pool. On the pillar can just be made out a date, possibly 1865.
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Shad Well
Shad Well submitted by bernardsullivan2001 : Near to Shadwell, the river flows over a weir (Vote or comment on this photo)

Shad Well
Shad Well submitted by KiwiBetsy : Water drips from underneath a large mound of mosses into a small pool. (3 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Shad Well submitted by bernardsullivan2001 : Mysterious Mark (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Shad Well submitted by bernardsullivan2001 : Date engraved on well (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Shad Well by 4clydesdale7 on Friday, 07 November 2014
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Prior to 1900 this Spring was called Shatterwell which was always regarded as one of the more reliable springs in Wincanton but alas it suffered when the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway arrived in 1865 - the embankment bringing the track into the Town buried the old spring - what you see today was built by the railway which fell under the Dr Beeching axe in 1966 -

Elsewhere on this website (see entry for Chad Well Twyning Gloucestershire) I have set out the more likely derivation of 'Chadwell' 'Shadwell' 'Shatwell' 'St Chad's Well' et al (there are many throughout the Country - the nearest to this well being at Bruton) - this well adds to the more acceptable theory that the name is a corruption of the Saxon for 'Cold Well' and this is borne out in what is perhaps one of the earliest references (to the spring) which appears in the early 18th Century when a local apothecary established a 'cold bath' on the site of the old spring but unfortunately could not convert it into a commercial success despite the popularity of baths and spas in those days - there is a local orchard bearing the name 'Cold Bath Orchard'

Despite the fact that the spring water was renowned for its benefit to eyes (now there's a surprise!!!) the spring fell into disuse about 50 years later - presumbaly its presence 'reappeared' when the railway embankment was being built - apart from that embankment the works undertaken formed a weir across the adjacent River Cale and a leat which fed a Water Mill (demolished in 1973) at the western end of Mill Street - the basin/weir/tanks became known as the Shatterwell Shoots/Shutes

However despite all of this evidence (and brief notices in local journals in 1824) it really is quite surprising not to find mention of the Spring in two remarkably accurate publications on Somerset Wells - Dom.Ethelbert Horne (in his 1923 work Somerset Holy Wells) and J.D.Mather & H.C.Prudden (in their 2005 paper The Forgotten Spas and Mineral Springs of South-East Somerset) are unusually silent although both works mention other local wells
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    Re: Shad Well by Sunny100 on Friday, 07 November 2014
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    Is there a place called Shadwell in London?
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    Re: Shad Well by 4clydesdale7 on Saturday, 08 November 2014
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    There is a St Chads Well on the River Fleet near Kings Cross (that river is known as 'The River of Wells') - there is an informative article published on the people.bath.uk website by Chesca Potter which might help
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