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Submitted by DavidCWoods on Friday, 26 November 2004 Page Views: 10461

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St. Margaret's Well (Mugswell) Alternative Name: Mag's Well, Mugswell
Country: England County: Surrey Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Reigate Nearest Village: Mugswell
Map Ref: TQ258553
Latitude: 51.282958N Longitude: 0.19758W
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 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

3 Access:

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
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5 Accuracy:

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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**St. Margaret's Well (Mugswell)** submitted by DavidCWoods : The well is in a picturesque pub garden, although obviously fairly recently landscaped. Historical pictures showing its condition over the years would be interesting. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Surrey

You could say that this well is ideally positioned - in the garden of a CAMRA recommended pub ! The pub is the Well House, on Chipstead Lane, quite close to Junction 8 of the M25. I visited in a snowstorm, the first of the year (for me, anyway). A notice on the well, which is of the wishing well type, complete with bucket, says that it is thought to be the one mentioned in the Domesday Book, and that the village of Mugswell derives its name from here. Possible problems with this are that the village is about half a mile away up the hill and the the road leading to it is called Monkswell Lane. Whether this is the well referred to in the road name or whether there is another I am not yet sure.
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TQ2555 : Footpath by The Saunterer — by The Saunterer
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TQ2555 : Well House Inn by Kurseong Carl — by Kurseong Carl
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TQ2555 : The Well House Inn, Mugswell by John Hilton — by John Hilton
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TQ2555 : Chipstead Lane by Ian Capper — by Ian Capper
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TQ2555 : The Well House Inn by The Saunterer — by The Saunterer
©2012(licence)

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