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St Aldhelm's Well

Doulting, Somerset

Where a saint died, and the spring that flows from the village.

St Aldhelm, abbot of Malmesbury and first bishop of Sherborne, died at Doulting in 709. A spring in the village became his holy well, and the water still flows strongly from a stone well house below the church.

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When
709
Where
51.1900, -2.5200
Group
Holy wells & springs

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In the village of Doulting, near Shepton Mallet.

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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