Mysterious Essex Part 8 – Runwell Well (Acc SA170 Programme 73)
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Date: 2019-03-14

Mysterious Essex Part 8 – Runwell Well (Acc SA170 Programme 73)

This is the eighth of ten parts of the programme "Mysterious Essex", recorded by EastWard Hospital TV (EHTV). It deals with the holy well at Runwell in Essex. The location of the well is discussed, and the belief that Runwell derives its name from the well. Links to the goddess and lunar and solar cycles are discussed by Carol Young. The similarity between the well and the well dedicated to St Mary at Glastonbury is highlighted.

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