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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St. Margaret's Well (Wereham)Country: England County: Norfolk Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Village: Wereham
Map Ref: TF6801
Latitude: 52.580856N Longitude: 0.478091E
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 |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Holy Well in Norfolk. According to Domesday, the name of this settlement derives from: ‘a run of water issuing from a pond in the west of town.’ This may refer to the St Margaret's Well, , which is west of St Margaret's church, and is accounted by historian Chambers (1829 ):
‘In times of popery, the people diverted themselves on that saints day with cakes and ale, music and dancing; alms and offering were brought; and vows made : all this was called well worship.’
Thus it would appear to have been a site of some local importance. Easily found on the side of the village pond. It arises beneath a small obelisk into a circular stone lined pool
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