Site of Possible Holy Well to North of Church, Honiley.

Site of Possible Holy Well to North of Church, Honiley

Image courtesy of Gary Stocker.

Description of this historic site

The possible site of St Johns Well, a holy well, used for healing people during the Medieval period. The site is located 100m north of the church at Honiley.

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Notes about this historic site

1 A long extract from an alleged court roll of 1527 is included in Dugdale. It asserts that St John’s Well was a place of pilgrimage, ‘St John’s Bath’ and ‘Our Lady’s Bath’ being used respectively for the cleansing of male and female incontinent penitents.
3 There is still a slight issue of of water from the indicated site, but only scattered fragments of masonry remain.
4 There is a stone with a narrow artificial channel on one side on the site, but no evidence for a well except for marshy ground.
5 Site visit. Undated.
6 Plan of the village.