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Hidden East Anglia:

Landscape Legends of Norfolk & Suffolk

 

 

Wells, meres, ponds, streams & bridges:

 

                          NORFOLK

Bawburgh ~ Walstan's Well
Burnham Norton ~ The wishing wells
Costessey ~ St. Walstan's Well
Croxton ~ Fowlmere
Diss ~ Diss Mere
East Dereham ~ St. Withburga's Well
Gorleston ~ The Lily Pit
Great Melton ~ The Blow Hill pit
Holt ~ The Spout Common spring
Hunstanton ~ St. Edmund's wells
Little Walsingham ~ The holy wishing wells

Lyng ~

    

The chalice in the river

Balor's Pit

Marham ~ Maid's Hole
Moulton St. Mary ~ Callow Pit
Norwich ~ The dragon's mouth
Santon ~ St. Helen's Well
Shouldham ~ The Silver Well
Swaffham ~ Bride's Pit
Tattersett ~ Wicken Pond
Taverham ~ Walstan's spring

Thetford ~

       

Devil's Hole

Frenchman's Hole

Tunstall ~ Hell Hole
Walpole St. Andrew ~ King John's Hole

           SUFFOLK

Acton ~ Wimbell Pond
Barnby ~ The hidden ford
Beccles ~ St. Mary's Hill spring
Blythburgh ~ The Lady's Well
Bury St. Edmunds ~ The Mermaid's Pits

   Exning ~

St. Wendreda's Well

Fornham All Saints ~ Mermaid in the well
Great Barton ~ Barton Mere
Haughley ~ The deep, deep moat
Hawstead ~ Jacob's Well
Henham ~ Fool's Watering
Homersfield ~ The howling demon

Hoxne ~

     

Goldbrook Bridge

Edmund's healing spring

Ickworth ~ The Golden Pond
Kedington ~ Holy well
Middleton ~ Mother Lumpkin's Hole
Polstead ~ The pond at Hellin's Bottom
Sudbury ~ Holy Water

Wissett ~

       

       

Cole's Arch

The grey lady's pond

The Hallelujah Pond

Woolpit ~ The Lady's Well

 

                                             Extra: Other notable wells & springs

 

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