St. Mary’s Well is a quiet and hidden place of sanctity, right in the middle of a busy suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne. Unless visitors know exactly where to look, it’s easy to miss the unassuming footpath that serves as a short-cut between The Grove and Reid Park Road. That’s where visitors will see the sign for the well. The well likely named after the nearby chapel of St. Mary, once one of the holiest pilgrimage sites in the United Kingdom. The chapel dates to the 12th-century, and the well…
