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The Lady's Well

Holystone, Northumberland

A peaceful pool where 3,000 people were said to be baptised at Easter.

Tradition says that at Easter in 627, St Paulinus baptised 3,000 people at this spring, one of the great moments of the conversion of Northumbria. The well is a clear, stone-lined pool among trees, with a stone cross and a statue.

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When
About 627
Where
55.3100, -2.0800
Group
Holy wells & springs

Visiting

National Trust, free and open at all times, a short walk from the village.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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