aim is to blitz the area of rubbish and overgrown weeds then wander down to the nearby Pub!!
event is from 11.30 - 1.00 ISH
due to the location not really suitable for dogs or small children as roadside and water !!
Archaeology & History
Gorrick’s spring is an interesting site and perhaps the best of the county’s holy wells.
The water flows from a rather worn lion’s head beneath a stone arch under the steps, and pours into a stone lined chamber repaired with concrete slabs. It is reached by a series of steps from the layby and beside the spring is a narrow and as Rattue (2003) states an uncomfortable seat.
Folklore It is unclear where the name comes from but a local legend tells how a witch’s pupil gave the sight back to a Gypsy tinker. A rhyme states in Romance around Stoney Stratford quoted by Rattue (2003):
“When Gorrick’s Spring flows fast and clear, Stoop down and drink, for health is here, If Gorrick’s Spring shuld e’er run dry, Beware, for pestilence is nigh.”
Interestingly it did run dry in 1996 as noted in the local Herald of 8th November 1996:
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