Ludwell pool
Introduction
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Ludwell pool
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 1 Apr 2013
The name Ludwell is given to this natural spring to the west of Horsted Keynes village, on the brow of the hill. According to the information board on site, it is a chalybeate water like that at Tunbridge Wells, but this spring never became a spa. The name Ludwell is probably a corruption of Lord's Well: the legend is that people fleeing the great Plague of London in 1666 stopped here to wash the plague from their bodies. It was restored by local volunteers in 1990. The flow rate has been measured at 1.0 to 1.75 litres/second.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.036708
Longitude
-0.034419