<< Our Photo Pages >> Ladywell (Blythborough) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Suffolk
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Ladywell (Blythborough) Alternative Name: Wishing Well (Blythborough); Queen Anne's Well; Lady's FountainCountry: England
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County: Suffolk Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Village: Blythborough
Map Ref: TM450762
Latitude: 52.329145N Longitude: 1.594293E
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
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Now beside a busy lane, spring lane at the south end of Henham Park not far from Blythborough church. The present now dried up fountain head of brick and stone arch was erected by the first Countess of Stradbrooke. It was probably dedicated to our lady and once had a cup attached to drink the water. In 1833 the ‘Lady’s Fountain’ poem by Agnes Strickland was written about the well.
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page for this well - see their entry for Lady’s Well, Blythborough, Suffolk, which gives directions for finding this well together with a photograph, a brief archaeology & history and local folklore.
TNA add "The spring is said to be near the reputed to be the place of King Onna’s death (654 AD) ... A large structure is a brick and stone arch and which has two low seats inside, giving the alternative name of Tramp’s or Traveller’s Rest having also brass cups attached to the structure for anyone wishing to drink there. The age of the fabric has said to be mainly 1780, although one view was that it was erected by the first Countess of Stradbrooke in the 19th century and may be that recorded in 1833 in the poem ‘Lady’s Fountain’ poem by Agnes Strickland (the alternative name Lady coming from the Lady Strickland). Another view is that some of the fabric is 13th century in origin. The structure is now dry and overgrown, apparently last having water in the 1900s."
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