Edington Holy Well, Edington, Somerset UK - Holy Wells on Waymarking.com

This large and impressive structure comes as quite a surprise as one takes Holywell Road through the village. It lies on the corner of this road protected by a clump of trees. Unfortunately the source of water has now dried. The water was used for scorbutic disorders and was very cold. Antiquarian Horne ( 1923 ) states :
" ..water gathers in a well-made stone tank about three feet square, the top of which is level with the surrounding ground. It is covered with two stone slabs, one of which at the date of visit in April 1915 had been removed, and the tank was half full of decaying leaves as a consequence. The water was three feet in depth and ran through a stone spout. The flow was slight, and the water of a greenish milky colour, with a strong and horrible smell of sulphur. "
Around the structure also are seats set around a stone forecourt. This structure was restored in as a stone plaque recalls :
" Edington Holy Well was renovated in 1937 in the memory of Margaret Charlotte Fownes Luttrell "

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Date Logged Log User Rating   11/06/2016 sw420 visited it