St Ethelburga's Well at Lyminge seen from Tayne Field Recreation Ground
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St Ethelburga's Well at Lyminge seen from Tayne Field Recreation Ground
Image: © Marathon Taken: 10 Jul 2015
The nearby church of St Mary and St Ethelburga is one of the early shrines of Christianity in Kent. In 633 AD, Ethelburga, daughter of King Ethelbert and widow of the King of Northumbria, and Bishop Paulinus founded an abbey for men and women. Its last known charter survives and part of the original abbey survives in the present church. The well situated between Well Road and Tayne Field Recreation Ground is clearly ancient, although the housing is more modern. It emits a headstream of the Nail Bourne which flows through the recreation ground - see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4565507 Some more information can be seen at http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=12861
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Image Location
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51.126479
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1.088075