More information : [TF93603678] Wishing Wells [NR] (1)
The wishing wells of Walsingham Priory were another inducement
to pilgrims to visit the shrine of Our Lady, and comprised two
round wells and a square medicinal bath, the latter being
endowed with the faculty of healing all diseases connected with
the head and stomach. The round wells gained their title from
the idea that any person who drank from them could obtain
whatever they asked for.
The two round wells are still perfect and lined with ashlar
stone; near them are the remains of the medicinal bath. These
wells are said to have sprung up at the command of the Virgin
Mary, before the chapel was commenced, to indicate its site
centuries later. There is a legend to this effect. (2)
Both the bath and the wells are now in excellent condition,
indicating that the former has certainly been restored and the
others probably have. They are set in a small ornamental garden
access to which is gained through a re-erected Norman doorway
at TF93413680. (3)
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