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<< Our Photo Pages >> St. Peter's Well (Lodsworth) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in West Sussex

Submitted by DavidCWoods on Sunday, 23 January 2005  Page Views: 13025

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St. Peter's Well (Lodsworth)
Country: England County: West Sussex Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Midhurst  Nearest Village: Lodsworth
Map Ref: SU9313022861
Latitude: 50.997616N  Longitude: 0.674244W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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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St. Peter's Well (Lodsworth)
St. Peter's Well (Lodsworth) submitted by DavidCWoods : The well was apparently important to the history of the village - water is still visible about four feet down. The grass around has been kept cut. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well or Sacred Spring in West Sussex. I found this from a search engine while looking for somewhere entirely different! Situated beside an old track running right beside the church from the South to the North Downs, 200 yards downhill (north) from the church, the location wasn't obvious - it's concealed from the road by a hedge. Fortunately a lady dog walker gave us directions.

The well has been renovated and until recently was looked after by an elderly resident, but is still maintained. It had a reputation for curing ailments of the eye, and attracted pilgrims. The church guide says that it probably pre-dates the church (which goes back at least to the 13thC) and the Parish Plan suggests that Celts lived here before the Saxons who gave the village its name.

Close to the well is a small, worked stone which may have some carving - can't be sure.
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St. Peter's Well (Lodsworth)
St. Peter's Well (Lodsworth) submitted by DavidCWoods : Situated in a little corner by the side of a trackway just after it leaves the road down from the chuch, the site is easy to miss as it's sheltered from the road by a hedge. Confusingly, there's a sign further up the road on the other side "St. Peter's Well" but this relates to a house of the same name. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SU9322 : Spring in the churchyard at St Peter, Lodsworth (2) by Basher Eyre
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SU9322 : Choir stalls within St Peter, Lodsworth by Basher Eyre
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SU9322 : Church tower at St Peter, Lodsworth by Basher Eyre
by Basher Eyre
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SU9322 : Spring in the churchyard at St Peter, Lodsworth (4) by Basher Eyre
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SU9322 : Memorial within St Peter, Lodsworth (1) by Basher Eyre
by Basher Eyre
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