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<< Our Photo Pages >> Emma's Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Hertfordshire

Submitted by thorgrim on Saturday, 06 May 2006  Page Views: 18689

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Emma's Well
Country: England County: Hertfordshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Ware  Nearest Village: Amwell
Map Ref: TL372125
Latitude: 51.794331N  Longitude: 0.011945W
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
 3 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.
 4 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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Emma's Well
Emma's Well submitted by thorgrim : Emma's Well and Mrs Thorgrim. The once pure water is now polluted with fertiliser run-off from the fields. We still poison our land and water and then wonder why things go wrong! (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Hertfordshire

Emma's Well gave its name to the village of Amwell which was known as Emmeuuelle in the Domesday Book of 1086. It is close by the New River.
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Emma's Well
Emma's Well submitted by HOLYWELL : Clearer view of Emma's well at Great Amwell showing where the water flows from. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Emma's Well
Emma's Well submitted by HOLYWELL : Emma's well Amwell Hertfordshire. The inscribed stone at the spring head. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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TL3712 : The church of St. John the Baptist, Great Amwell - churchyard (3) by Mike Quinn
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Re: Emma's Well by Anonymous on Sunday, 26 July 2020
Walk along the footpath going North from Stansted Abbotts towards Ware. You will come across an island in the middle of the river that bares a memorial stone. Directly opposite on the other side of the road is Emma's Well.
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Re: Emma's Well by Orifrog on Friday, 17 May 2013
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I found it tricky to locate at first. You have to come down the hill from the village and it's on the other side of the road that runs parallel to the New River - opposite the bit of the river with the islands in (the map above is a bit misleading).

Lovely, peaceful spot and well worth it, though.
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Re: Emma's Well by Anonymous on Sunday, 27 August 2006
We hunted and hunted for the well but we got hopelessly lost around Amwell! If only hertfordhire county council were willing to put a sign on their footpath markers to tell us these things are there!
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