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<< Our Photo Pages >> St Julian's Well (Ludlow) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Shropshire

Submitted by TimPrevett on Friday, 26 March 2004  Page Views: 10188

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Julian's Well (Ludlow) Alternative Name: The White Conduit
Country: 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:
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
1 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
0no data
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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 (Ludlow)
St Julian's Well (Ludlow) submitted by TimPrevett : The obvious or not so obvious if you don't know it's there - St Julian's Well in the centre of Livesey and St Julian's Ave, Ludlow. A property called Wellside is to its north. This was the first not famous holy well I went in search of several years ago, and I'm glad to have worked out where it is at last! (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well in Shropshire

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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St Julian's Well (Ludlow)
St Julian's Well (Ludlow) submitted by jfarrar : This is one of two wells called St Julian's in Ludlow. The other was in the grounds of St Giles Leper Hospital in Ludford. There appears to be debate as to whether St Julian was Mother Julian of Norwich or St Juliana of Nicodema (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Julian's Well (Ludlow)
St Julian's Well (Ludlow) submitted by Anne T : First view of St Julian's Well from the eastern side of Livesey Road (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Julian's Well (Ludlow)
St Julian's Well (Ludlow) submitted by Antonine : 2012 (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Julian's Well (Ludlow)
St Julian's Well (Ludlow) submitted by Anne T : The well from the west. Someone has wedged a drinks can into the outlet pipe (too well stuck to be removed), which was sad. The HE scheduling information tells us: "[the well] is roughly rectangular in plan and of pediment shape. It measures approximately 2.6m by 3m and stands to a height of 1.07m. In 1994, as part of a programme to consolidate the well house, a limited investigation was undertak... (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Julian's Well (Ludlow)
St Julian's Well (Ludlow) submitted by Anne T : The well from the western side of Livesey Road, showing how the tree has grown over part of the well house. As the well was originally within the grounds of the Friary, which was founded in the 13th century, the well has been here for some considerable time, and is a scheduled ancient monument, despite its not so glorious modern surroundings. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Julian's Well (Ludlow)
St Julian's Well (Ludlow) submitted by Anne T : The well house from the north, standing in the middle of Livesey Road, where it splits to go round the well and the tree. The tree has grown over part of the southern side of the well house at the rear.

St Julian's Well (Ludlow)
St Julian's Well (Ludlow) submitted by TimPrevett : The obvious or not so obvious if you don't know it's there - St Julian's Well in the centre of Livesey and St Julian's Ave, Ludlow. A property called Wellside is to its north. This was the first not famous holy well I went in search of several years ago, and I'm glad to have worked out where it is at last!

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Re: Boiling Well by Anonymous on Sunday, 04 September 2005
In "Magna Britannia Notitia" printed in 1725 there is mention of a "bituminous well". As this comment comes directly after a comment on Ludlow, I wonder if this is the same well!






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