St Mary's Well, Bovey Tracey
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St Mary's Well, Bovey Tracey
Image: © Maigheach-gheal Taken: 17 Aug 2008
The well is set into the front wall of the churchyard of St Peter, St Paul and St Thomas of Canterbury Church (which used to St Mary’s) in Bovey Tracey. There is a story concerning the well. Long ago a priest returned home one evening to find a visitor waiting for him. The priest and his wife shared their food with the visitor and offered shelter. The visitor blessed the couple and promising them good fortune, went to pray at the well saying ‘here is living water for yourself and the church’. From that day on the frogs which inhabited the well were gold coloured and water from the well was used for baptisms. There was no water and no golden frogs when I visited.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.594987
Longitude
-3.668242