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Gorrick’s Well
Date Added: 7th Aug 2017
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Buckinghamshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Gorrick’s Well submitted by LouisaJaneReece on 24th Jun 2024. This peaceful spring has a spout coming out of what was once a lion head.
According to James Rattue in “The Holy wells of Buckinghamshire” local folklore tells how a witch’s pupil gave the sight back to a Gypsy tinker. The rhyme from “Romance around Stoney Stratford”
“When Gorrick’s Spring flows fast and clear,
Stoop down and drink, for health is here,
If Gorrick’s Spring shuld e’er run dry,
Beware, for pestilence is nigh.”
Location: Calverton village on ...
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Boughton bowl barrow
Date Added: 7th Aug 2017
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Northamptonshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Boughton bowl barrow submitted by Iain_P on 11th Jul 2017. Not much to see at a distance
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