Gate to St. Milburgha's Well (Stoke St. Milborough)

Gate to St. Milburgha's Well (Stoke St. Milborough) is shown and named in a reusable Geograph picture. The saved point is the picture's recorded map point.

Linked to St. Milburgha, an 8th-century Mercian saint and founder of a double monastery at Wenlock, the well is traditionally associated with healing and pilgrimage. Local folklore suggests the water was believed to cure eye ailments and other afflictions, with rituals often involving the collection of water at dawn.