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St Peter's Well (Bradworthy)
Date Added: 10th Aug 2011
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes
St Peter's Well (Bradworthy) submitted by KiwiBetsy on 11th Sep 2006. The well gives the impression of being forgotten as it sits in a hedge bank in a back lane of Bradworthy …. well, almost forgotten but not by the elderly gentleman who not only knew it’s location but, despite considerable difficulty in walking, insisted on accompanying us to the well. It was used as a water supply in the past and water still runs from it and into the lane. The door is locked and an ageing metal plate proclaims it as “St Peter’s Well”.
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St Peran's Well
Date Added: 7th Nov 2010
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
St Piran's Well submitted by theendlessbreeze on 5th Jun 2004. Grid Ref: SX076892
Location: Near Tintagel, Cornwall
I notice that you mention St Piran's holy well, near St Nectans Glen in Cornwall; here is a photo of the site.
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St Paternus's Well
Date Added: 8th Aug 2012
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
St Paternus's Well submitted by KiwiBetsy on 25th Sep 2006. The well has been recently restored and rededicated and features extensively on notices and school projects in the church. We were able to follow a trail through grass to the well as it had been decorated by children from the local school a couple of days earlier. It seems a pity to keep such a fine well locked.
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St Nonna's Well
Date Added: 20th Apr 2011
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
St Nonna's Well submitted by theendlessbreeze on 14th Jun 2004. Grid Ref: SX222814
Location: Altarnun, Cornwall
To locate this well go past the church carry on following the road up the hill until you see a big metal gate to you right. You can park here and walk through the gate into a field. Carry on down through the wooden gate and you are close to the well. Look out for a small metal gate in front of you which says 'holy well' on it it. Go through this, down the steps and the well is in the undergrowth to your left.
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St Non's Well (Cornwall)
Date Added: 12th Apr 2011
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
St Non's Well (Cornwall) submitted by theendlessbreeze on 9th Feb 2006. St Non's well is worth a visit.
There is a signpost to the well and there is no trouble finding it.
It stands in the shadow of a leaning tree.
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St Neot's Well (St Neot)
Date Added: 11th May 2011
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
St Neot's Well (St Neot) submitted by theendlessbreeze on 5th Jun 2004. Follow the 'holy well' signpost in the village, which takes you to a field, where you will find the well.
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St Neot's Well (Poundstock)
Date Added: 6th Apr 2011
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
St Neot's Well (Poundstock) submitted by KiwiBetsy on 16th Oct 2006. The wellhouse sits within a small stone wall enclosure. There are Latin mottoes carved into the edge of the roof and a latticed wooden door. On the front of the wellhouse to the left of the door is a fish that perhaps relates to the legend at St Neot’s other well behind the church in the Cornish village which bears his name (see St Neot's Well (St Neot)). To the right of the door is a Chi Rho symbol, one of the earliest cruciform symbols used by Christians. I have been told that the true d...
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St Neot Crosses
Date Added: 11th May 2011
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
St Neot Crosses submitted by AngieLake on 19th Oct 2004. Fine 6ft tall ornamented cross-shaft decorated with interlaced work on all four sides.
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St Nectan's Well (Welcombe)
Date Added: 6th Jul 2011
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes
St Nectan's Well (Welcombe) submitted by KiwiBetsy on 7th Oct 2006. St Nectan was a Dark Age Welsh saint with another well just up the road at Stoke.
Water from the well is used in the church for baptisms but on the day we visited, the well was in use for a different purpose. A cake tin ‘treasure chest’ had been hidden in it and a constant stream of children were delighted to find treasure in the well. St Nectan probably would never have expected his well to be used for such a purpose but all those children at least now know that the well exists.
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St Nectan's Well (Stoke)
Date Added: 25th Jul 2011
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes
St Nectan's Well (Stoke) submitted by KiwiBetsy on 11th Dec 2004. St Nectan’s Well is on the site of the hut where the 6th century Welsh hermit, St Nectan, is said to have returned carrying his head after being set upon by thieves who beheaded him.
Graffiti on the wooden door and the very ugly new steel grille indicate that today there is still a vandal problem but fortunately they now tend to deface rather than dehead.
A signed path from the main road follows a stream down to the well.
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St Nectan's Glen
Date Added: 7th Nov 2010
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
St Nectan's Glen submitted by Thorgrim on 29th Nov 2003. St Nectan's Glen has been described as amongst the ten most important spiritual sites in the country. (SX080885)
There never was a St Nectan, the name is a Christianised form of the Cornish water god - Nechtan. The way down to the water is steep and slippery, but so beautiful. Hundreds of clouties, messages and small offerings crowd the minute ledges of the steep sides of the glen. It can only be reached on foot, but it is well worth the effort.
The well house is at the entrance to the gl...
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St Minver cross
Date Added: 17th Nov 2010
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
St Minver cross submitted by theendlessbreeze on 25th Apr 2006. St. Minver Cross.
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St Michael's Well (Michaelstow)
Date Added: 25th May 2011
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
St Michael's Well (Michaelstow) submitted by Thorgrim on 16th May 2004. This well in the churchyard is down a short flight of steps. It was dry when I visited.
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St Michael's Mount
Date Added: 8th Oct 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
St Michael's Mount submitted by JimChampion on 1st Jan 2005. August 2004. "Diodorus Sicululs, the Greek historian writing in 70 CE called this island Ictis, and it was from here that Cornish tin was traded with Mediterranean countries." [from Celtic Britain by Homer Sykes, 1997]
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St Melor's Well
Date Added: 5th Oct 2011
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
St Melor's Well submitted by KiwiBetsy on 14th Oct 2006. Clear water pours from a groove in the front of the wellhouse and makes for a very wet approach to the well. The present structure dates from the 15th century as does the nearby church. There is a large niche in the front gable and several small ones inside. The water was considered to be a good remedy for horses sprained legs and was also used for baptism in the church. St Mellor's Well is a Scheduled and Grade II Listed monument.
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St Mawnan's Well
Date Added: 6th Nov 2013
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
St Mawnan's Well submitted by KiwiBetsy on 4th Sep 2006. St Mawnan’s Well is dedicated to St Mawnan, a Celtic saint.
From Mawnan village follow the signs for about 1 mile to the Mawnan Old Parish Church which is situated on the clifftop 4 miles southwest of Falmouth Bay. The church dates from the 13th century.
The well is on private land in the garden of The Rectory. A gate guards steep steps down to a sunken path leading to the well. St Mawnan’s Well is still blessed with fresh, clear water and the ambiance is magical. The well has bee...
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St Mawgan's Holy Well
Date Added: 7th Dec 2011
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
St Mawgan's Holy Well submitted by AngieLake on 19th Jul 2005. Looking along the leaf-strewn 'slipway' into the ancient Holy Well of St Mawgan (in Pydar). Situation, just inside church Lych Gate, look left.
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St Mathiana's Well
Date Added: 2nd Nov 2011
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
St Mathiana's Well submitted by theendlessbreeze on 31st Mar 2005. I believe this is the holy well of St Mathiana. It is located behind the church at Minster.
Unfortunately the flooding of August 2004 has damaged the area surrounding the church.
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St Mary's Well (Cornwall)
Date Added: 29th Aug 2012
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
St Mary's Well (Cornwall) submitted by cazzyjane on 29th Aug 2012. St Mary's Well, about 50 yards up Shutta Road, East Looe. This was restored by the Looe Old Cornwall Society, but unfortunately they have replaced the old wooden door with a padlocked gate.
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St Mary's Well (Bovey Tracey)
Date Added: 27th Jun 2012
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes
St Mary's Well (Bovey Tracey) submitted by KiwiBetsy on 29th Aug 2006. No golden frogs .... just golden daffodils.
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