Summer Solstice 2020
The Holy Well in King's Newton......The well has been fully restored in the 80's. Even so I still felt a connection. The dowsing rods crossed all over the sight, so I felt the cool clear water energy. The only hint of a leyline was on the road above running N-S.
Although there were many people about after Covid19 lockdown, I was there on my own.
Extracted from (see below)
(Photos below)
https://insearchofholywellsandhealingsprings.com/source-first-series-contents/the-holy-well-at-kings-newton-derbyshire/
"King’s Newton is a hamlet within the parish of Melbourne, Derbyshire. It is sited on an east-west ridgeway above the alluvial flood plain of the river Trent. To the west of the hamlet, an old trackway descends the hill to cross the river at Swarkestone Bridge, and the nearby hostelry, ‘The Packhorse’, tells of the traffic which the lane used to carry. Just off the lane, at OSGR SK 386262, a spring rises to feed the Trent. This spring has long borne the name of the Holywell.
The earliest documentary reference to the spring occurs in a Duchy of Lancaster rental of 1366, when the stream is referred to as Halywalsiche. The purchase of the lands of St Catherine’s Chantry, lately dissolved, in 1564, refers to lands at Holy well hedge and Hollywell siche. The name then occurs frequently in various rentals and extents of the Duchy, and the Earl of Huntingdon.
Robert Hardinge was the tenant of Kings Newton Hall during the Civil War period. The Hall is only one field away from the well. Robert was a staunch Royalist, and he celebrated the Restoration of the Monarchy by building an arch over the well"
The earliest documentary reference to the spring occurs in a Duchy of Lancaster rental of 1366, when the stream is referred to as Halywalsiche. The purchase of the lands of St Catherine’s Chantry, lately dissolved, in 1564, refers to lands at Holy well hedge and Hollywell siche. The name then occurs frequently in various rentals and extents of the Duchy, and the Earl of Huntingdon.
Robert Hardinge was the tenant of Kings Newton Hall during the Civil War period. The Hall is only one field away from the well. Robert was a staunch Royalist, and he celebrated the Restoration of the Monarchy by building an arch over the well"
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