Spa Well, Kinoulton
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Spa Well, Kinoulton by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Spa Well, Kinoulton
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 9 Jan 2011
Marked on the maps as a chalybeate well, with a dedicated footpath to access it. It is clearly not regularly visited these days and is sufficiently overgrown that it was not even possible to see if there was any water issuing. W E Doubleday, writing in the Nottinghamshire Guardian (1946) states: "By 1769 Kinoulton was becoming famous for the medicinal quality of the water of a spring on the hill west of the village. Its chalybeate output, it was then said in a London newspaper, "is clear, pleasing, cooling, and a little saltish." Fifty years later, it was a reputable spa both for drinkers and bathers and bathing and dressing-room accommodation had been provided for patrons. As Spa Well, the spring still exists."
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
52.866168
Longitude
-1.013161