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St Ann's Well

Buxton, Derbyshire

A warm spring visited by Romans and Mary, Queen of Scots.

Warm mineral water has bubbled up at Buxton since Roman times, when the town was called Aquae Arnemetiae. In the Middle Ages it was a holy well with a shrine to St Anne.

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When
Roman onwards
Where
53.2580, -1.9130
Group
Holy wells & springs

Visiting

The fountain is in the town centre, opposite the Crescent. It is free to fill a bottle.

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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