St Margaret’s Well
St Margaret’s Well is a spring in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. St Margaret’s Well is situated nearby to the church St Margaret of Antioch, as well as near the forest Godstow Holt.- Type: Spring
- Description: well with arch and steps in Binsey, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2
- Also known as: “St Frideswide’s Well”, “St Frithuswith’s Well”, and “St Margaret’s Well, Binsey”
- Inscription: “S.MARGARETÆ FONTEM PRECIBVS S.FRIDESWIDÆ VT FERTVR CONCESSVM INQVINATUM DIV OBRVTVMQVE IN VSVM REVOCAVIT T. J. PROVT ÆD-XTI ALVMNVS VICARIVS A.S.MDCCCLXXIV”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Godstow Lock and Godstow.
Godstow Lock
Lock
Photo: Helena, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Godstow Lock is a lock on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England. It is between the villages of Wolvercote and Wytham on the outskirts of Oxford. The first lock was built of stone by Daniel Harris for the Thames Navigation Commission in 1790. Godstow Lock is situated 2,900 feet north of St Margaret’s Well.
Godstow
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Godstow is a hamlet about 2.5 miles northwest of the centre of Oxford. It lies on the banks of the River Thames between the villages of Wolvercote to the east and Wytham to the west. Godstow is situated 3,400 feet north of St Margaret’s Well.
Burgess Field Nature Park
Nature reserve
Photo: Jpbowen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Burgess Field Nature Park is a nature reserve next to Port Meadow, Oxford, in Oxfordshire, England, managed by Oxford City Council.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Binsey and Wytham.
Binsey
Village
Photo: Omassey, Public domain.
Binsey is a small village on the west side of Oxford, in Oxfordshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Thames about 1.5 miles northwest of the centre of Oxford, on the opposite side of the river from Port Meadow and about 1 mile southwest of the ruins of Godstow Abbey.
Wytham
Village
Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wytham is a village and civil parish on the Seacourt Stream, a branch of the River Thames, about 3 miles northwest of the centre of Oxford. It is just west of the Western By-Pass Road, part of the Oxford Ring Road.
Waterways
Neighborhood
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Waterways is housing estate in North Oxford, England. The Oxford Canal runs through the centre of the estate and it is bounded on the east by the Cherwell Valley railway line.
St Margaret’s Well
- Categories: water well, historic site, place of worship, memorial, and body of water
- Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.76909° or 51° 46′ 9″ northLongitude
-1.29779° or 1° 17′ 52″ westOpen location code
9C3WQP92+JVOpenStreetMap ID
node 633029652OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap feature
natural=springWikidata ID
Q26650700
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