St. Ann's Well Gardens, Hove
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St. Ann's Well Gardens is a park in Hove, East Sussex, about half a mile from the shore. The park is renowned for its chalybeate spring, which is now named St. Ann's Well.
In this case, the name "St. Ann" does not refer to any saint. Instead, the name was apparently based on a myth of Annafrieda, a Saxon lady whose lover was murdered. Her tears miraculously became the Chalybeate Spring which is now called St. Ann's Well.
From a light aeroplane
The park's fish pond, October 2007
Chalybeate
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Chalybeate waters, also known as ferruginous waters, are mineral spring waters containing salts of iron.
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The Chalybeate Spring at Tunbridge Wells
This rather ornate spring well is in the village of Quarndon. A plaque inside the well bears the following inscription: "17th century chalybeate spring well. Once famous spa noted for medicinal waters containing iron. Visited by Daniel Defoe in 1727."