The Stone Girl Of Eyeworth

I don't know, people will see what they want to see in photos. There are still people who take a photo with flash in a dusty environment and swear blind that the resulting "orbs" are spirits. So someone with a non-critical mind taking that photo won't even consider the lighting conditions or technical faults.

Some people will see the photo of a rag in a bush, for example, and rush off to compare the form with classical art ;)
 
SimonBurchell said:
I don't know, people will see what they want to see in photos. There are still people who take a photo with flash in a dusty environment and swear blind that the resulting "orbs" are spirits. So someone with a non-critical mind taking that photo won't even consider the lighting conditions or technical faults.

Some people will see the photo of a rag in a bush, for example, and rush off to compare the form with classical art ;)
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<nods at the truth of your statements>

RAG ZEALOTS RULE!!

Ahem. Sorry. As you were.
 
'A little to the north-east of Eyeworth Pond, near Fritham, is a spring beside a gravelled track once used by gunpowder carriers from a nearby factory. Fenced round with plank railings, the spring has been known as Irons Well since at least the late-18th century.

The waters were said to have curative properties particularly helpful for sore eyes, bad legs and other ailments, including leprosy. Consequently, the spring was also known as Lepers’ Well, and it’s thought that nearby was a Lazar House, a place of rest for those suffering from the disease.'

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Steven said:
'A little to the north-east of Eyeworth Pond, near Fritham, is a spring beside a gravelled track once used by gunpowder carriers from a nearby factory. Fenced round with plank railings, the spring has been known as Irons Well since at least the late-18th century.

The waters were said to have curative properties particularly helpful for sore eyes, bad legs and other ailments, including leprosy. Consequently, the spring was also known as Lepers’ Well, and it’s thought that nearby was a Lazar House, a place of rest for those suffering from the disease.'

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"Sore eyes bad legs and other ailments" - I could do with visiting that place. Not yet been diagnosed with leprosy though but there's still time.
 
Steven said:
'A little to the north-east of Eyeworth Pond, near Fritham, is a spring beside a gravelled track once used by gunpowder carriers from a nearby factory. Fenced round with plank railings, the spring has been known as Irons Well since at least the late-18th century.

The waters were said to have curative properties particularly helpful for sore eyes, bad legs and other ailments, including leprosy. Consequently, the spring was also known as Lepers’ Well, and it’s thought that nearby was a Lazar House, a place of rest for those suffering from the disease.'

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Don't practically ALL springs have some kind of 'health giving' tale associated with them? I wonder if it's because almost all other water could poison you back in the day. Spring water, because of its unpolluted nature, would obviously be better for you than something from a river full of turds.
 
catseye said:
Don't practically ALL springs have some kind of 'health giving' tale associated with them? I wonder if it's because almost all other water could poison you back in the day. Spring water, because of its unpolluted nature, would obviously be better for you than something from a river full of turds.
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Yep. A related article mentioned 'small beer' which was often given to children and women simply because of the toxic quality of water alone.
 
catseye said:
Don't practically ALL springs have some kind of 'health giving' tale associated with them? I wonder if it's because almost all other water could poison you back in the day. Spring water, because of its unpolluted nature, would obviously be better for you than something from a river full of turds.
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Running water can be better, but not necessarily safer. You never drink from a stagnant source.
 
brownmane said:
Running water can be better, but not necessarily safer. You never drink from a stagnant source.
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Springs are coming straight from the ground though. Your proper ancient medieval water source spring I'm talking about, not just a part of a stream where the water comes out of a spout but where the water is bubbling up out of the ground. We've several around here and the water has been filtered through several million tonnes of limestone and is very good for you. Apparently. The dog likes it, anyway.
 
catseye said:
Springs are coming straight from the ground though. Your proper ancient medieval water source spring I'm talking about, not just a part of a stream where the water comes out of a spout but where the water is bubbling up out of the ground. We've several around here and the water has been filtered through several million tonnes of limestone and is very good for you. Apparently. The dog likes it, anyway.
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Indeed, when I lived on Dartmoor our water supply was from a spring on the hillside across a little stream and that had been tapped at source.. We had it tested every so often but it was always pure and tasted wonderful. Felt a bit odd showering in Dartmoor spring water though!
 
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catseye said:
Springs are coming straight from the ground though. Your proper ancient medieval water source spring I'm talking about, not just a part of a stream where the water comes out of a spout but where the water is bubbling up out of the ground. We've several around here and the water has been filtered through several million tonnes of limestone and is very good for you. Apparently. The dog likes it, anyway.
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Ok. I know what the difference is with a spring. I thought you were talking about a small stream running through an area.

But water from the ground also needs to be tested. The farm I grew up on has its water source from an underground stream. It has to be tested. There can be runoff from something, or parasites etc.
 
brownmane said:
Ok. I know what the difference is with a spring. I thought you were talking about a small stream running through an area.

But water from the ground also needs to be tested. The farm I grew up on has its water source from an underground stream. It has to be tested. There can be runoff from something, or parasites etc.
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Yes, it's a different kettle of fish nowadays. But in medieval times, the purest water available was probably from springs and underground water. No run off and fewer parasites to pollute - and compared to the overground water supplies positively bursting with health-giving qualities!
 
Is the Stone Girl of Eyeworth really the ghost of Tudor queen Catherine Howard?

'No. But we asked leading Stone Girl "expert" Steve from the Forteana Forum anyway. Christ knows why. Here's his latest moronic 'solution' to the celebrated Stone Girl Mystery In Capital Letters:

"I was reading a history of Henry VIII's wives, written by David Starkey. In the book he mentioned that Henry and his new wife Catherine Howard went on Royal Progress to Ampthill - which is only about half-an-hour's journey on the Tudor bus from Eyeworth. Also, Professor Wikpedia states this:

'Henry VIII was a frequent visitor to Ampthill Castle...Today a park remains on the site of Ampthill's former castle, where Henry VIII would come and hunt. It was in the castle's Great Dining Room that Queen Catherine defiantly received news of the end of her marriage.'


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A somewhat pointless picture of Ampthill Castle, meant to pad-out this post with its stooopid theory

"Now, Henry's Progress with Catherine - bound for Lincolnshire, in which there'd recently been a quashed rebellion - included much time spent hunting...and it is now acknowledged that there was a royal hunting lodge in Eyeworth itself. Starkey writes: 'Henry, on the pretext of hunting, dined and then, under the cover of night, left for London.' Poor Catherine, who was possibly a mere teenager when she was executed by royal command, never saw Henry again. So...could our 'Stone Girl' actually be the ghost of forlorn Queen Catherine Howard, waiting in vain for her husband as hunters continue to this day to pass her by?"


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Catherine Howard, by Hans Holbein
 
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Is the Stone Girl of Eyeworth really the ghost of Tudor queen Catherine Howard?

'No. But we asked leading Stone Girl "expert" Steve from the Forteana Forum anyway. Christ knows why. Here's his latest moronic 'solution' to the celebrated Stone Girl Mystery In Capital Letters:

"I was reading a history of Henry VIII's wives, written by David Starkey. In the book he mentioned that Henry and his new wife Catherine Howard went on Royal Progress to Ampthill - which is only about half-an-hour's journey on the Tudor bus from Eyeworth. Also, Professor Wikpedia states this:

'Henry VIII was a frequent visitor to Ampthill Castle...Today a park remains on the site of Ampthill's former castle, where Henry VIII would come and hunt. It was in the castle's Great Dining Room that Queen Catherine defiantly received news of the end of her marriage.'


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A somewhat pointless picture of Ampthill Castle, meant to pad-out this post with its stooopid theory

"Now, Henry's Progress with Catherine - bound for Lincolnshire, in which there'd recently been a quashed rebellion - included much time spent hunting...and it is now acknowledged that there was a royal hunting lodge in Eyeworth itself. Starkey writes: 'Henry, on the pretext of hunting, dined and then, under the cover of night, left for London.' Poor Catherine, who was possibly a mere teenager when she was executed by royal command, never saw Henry again. So...could our 'Stone Girl' actually be the ghost of forlorn Queen Catherine Howard, waiting in vain for her husband as hunters continue to this day to pass her by?"


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Catherine Howard, by by Hans Holbein
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... made all the better because it's the wrong Eyeworth :rofl:
 
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Steven said:
At least someone appreciates the massive research that meanie Paul, with his bizarre insistence on 'facts' and 'the truth', caused me to bung in the bin.
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I was getting excited and bouncing about before @Paul_Exeter came in with a bucket of cold water :( It was a great theory and you put pictures in and /everything/!
 
Steven said:
Hopefully his 'twin-towns Eyeworths' concept is shamelessly made-up! :D

Okay, I'm desperately grasping at straws now...
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actually... haven't we decided that all moors are actually The One Moor? Which would mean that all Eyeworths are The One Eyeworth. I semi-seriously wouldn't put it beyond the cosmic joker.
 
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