 "Herald Express (Torquay UK)")
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Down in history under the wrong name? The spirited correspondence I triggered off about holy wells is still having a ripple effect. Eileen Egbeare, former mayor and portreeve of Ashburton, has sent me an old book about the town that not only gives more details about the St Gudula eye-healing well I mentioned, but recalls that there used to be another well, not far away, which also had magical properties.
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The spirited correspondence I triggered off about holy wells is
still having a ripple effect. Eileen Egbeare, former mayor and
portreeve of Ashburton, has sent me an old book about the town that
not only gives more details about the St Gudula eye-healing well I
mentioned, but recalls that there used to be another well, not far
away, which also had magical properties.
Ladwell, which has now disappeared, stood at the southern end of
St Lawrence Lane near the present Ladwell Square. The ...
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