Monument record 0437401000 - Well House

Summary

Seventeenth century well and horse wheel at The Well-House, dismantled, filled in and covered over in 1967

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Type and Period (2)

  • WELL (17th Century to Modern - 1600 AD to 1967 AD)
  • HORSE WHEEL (Constructed about 1650, 17th Century - 1600 AD? to 1699 AD?)

Description

Well, depth unknown, within 17th century well house. Now infilled and floored over (B1).
Lies in W bay of building. Horse wheel used to raise buckets, machinery described (B4).
Destroyed 1967 (B5).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC1461 Bibliographic reference: BCM CAS RECORD CARD 4374.
  • <2>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. p3.
  • <3>SBC10028 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD SU 99 NE 9 (PART).
  • <4>SBC6623 Bibliographic reference: INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY RECORD CARD 238202.
  • <5>SBC1963 Article in serial: Hugh Brunner & J Kenneth Major. 1972. 'WATER RAISING BY ANIMAL POWER', in INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY 9 PP126-127. Vol 9.

Location

Grid reference SU 95972 97941 (point)
Civil Parish AMERSHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 10 2025 9:31PM

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