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Lower Headley Farm, Thornton, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Tumulus (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SE 099 321 Archaeology & History There are no longer any remains of the prehistoric burial site that once stood in one of the fields by Lower Headley Farm. We don’t know whether the … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Yorkshire, West
Tagged ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bradford, Bronze Age, cairns, cists, deathm burials, earth mysteries, England, english heritage, neolithic, prehistoric sites, Queensbury, sacred sites, Thornton, tumuli, tumulus, urns, West Scholes, West Yorkshire
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Jim Craven’s Well, Thornton, West Yorkshire
Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference — SE 0967 3251? Archaeology & History Another well with considerable supernatural renown was this little-known site near the old village of Thornton, on the western outskirts of Bradford. We’re not 100% sure about its … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, black dogs, Bradford, chalybeates, english heritage, folklore, ghosts, hauntings, healing, history, Holy Wells, phantoms, sacred spring, shamanism, supernatural, superstitions, Thornton, water, West Yorkshire
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Ing Well, Allerton, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Healing Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SE 1174 3443 Archaeology & History This ‘Well of the Meadow”, or Ing Well, is one of countless springs in and around the Bradford metropolis that have been destroyed by that thing they call … Continue reading
Bull Spring, Staining, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire
Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference – SD 35569 36707 Getting Here To get here, leave Staining village along Mill Lane, turning right at the windmill along Smithy Lane. Walk along Smithy Lane, then 2-300 yards past a derelict piggery on … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Lancashire
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Blackpool, bonfires, Cleveleys, fairies, folklore, Halloween, Hardhorn, healing, Holy Wells, hydromancy, Lancashire, legends, little people, medieval history, myths, pagan, paganism, Poulton-le-Fylde, rituals, sacred well, Staining, Thornton, water
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Fairy Well, Staining, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire
Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference – SD 34908 37119 Also Known as: Wrangdom Well Getting Here One and a half centuries of neglect have not been kind to the Wrangdomwell, which is now in the middle of a large area … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Lancashire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Blackpool, bonfires, Cleveleys, fairies, folklore, Halloween, Hardhorn, healing, Holy Wells, hydromancy, Lancashire, legends, little people, medieval history, myths, pagan, paganism, Poulton-le-Fylde, rituals, sacred well, Staining, Thornton, water
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