Clear spring water must always have been regarded as a great boon Especially in land on the chalk or limestone where there are fewer streams &c.
There's an interesting couple of wells in Eyam which sits astride the limestone and the acid sandstone: although directly next to each other, one gives very hard water, one very soft ....
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Originally Posted by Earth Hart  For those of you who don't know Wells High St. it has troughs running down either side of the road, carrying water from the springs/wells to the good people of Wells. This gift of free fresh water was granted by Bishop Thomas Beckynton, in the 1450s.
The springs have been a Sacred Site for at least 4000yrs. |