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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Julian's Well (Ludlow) Alternative Name: The White ConduitCountry: England County: Shropshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Ludlow
Map Ref: SO5184275060 Landranger Map Number: 137
Latitude: 52.371456N Longitude: 2.708773W
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 |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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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 |
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Anne T visited on 15th Jul 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Access: 5 St Julian's Well, Ludlow: Last stop of the day before collecting our car from the garage and driving back to the holiday cottage, then home tomorrow. The well was deep in dappled shade, it being late afternoon on a hot, sunny day. We parked just south west of the well, at the side of Livesey Road. This road was busy with other cars, presumably because of all the roadworks in the area, routing cars along past the well.
A very odd spot for the well, and the tree next to it had grown over part of the well structure. Someone had wedged a drinks cannister into what had been the pipe from inside the well house, which now appeared to be dry. We couldn't see any obvious channels for water to flow down, and we were unable to hear any water flowing anywhere in the vicinity.
Worth stopping off to take a few photographs, and another well site to tick off the list.
St Julian's Well, one of several which supplied the town in medieval times, can still be seen by the large chestnut tree where Livesey Road divides, covered by a stone shed.
This well is scheduled as Historic England ID 1020656, which tells us that the well was originally within the grounds of St Julian's Friary, which was established in the 13th century. It is thought that this well was referred to as The White Conduit during the reign of Edward IV.
The well is also recorded as Historic England Research Record PRN 19690 on the Heritage Gateway.
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