Monument record 0570600000 - BRETCH WELL, HIGH STREET, NASH

Summary

Medieval to post-medieval well recorded in seventeenth century

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Type and Period (2)

  • SPRING (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)
  • WELL (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

A CHALYBEATE SPRING, BRETCH WELL (B1).
'BRETCH WELL' AT NGR (B2).
PERHAPS THE 'WELL OF MINERALL WATERS FROM IRON WITHIN 2 MILES OF HORWOOD' VISITED BY CELIA FIENNES IN 1694. THE WELL WAS FORMERLY LOCALLY FAMOUS. ITS SITE IS MARKED BY A STONE PLINTH IN THE FRONT GARDEN OF A MODERN HOUSE (B3-4).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p436.
  • <2>SBC10378 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1958. OS 1958 1:10560 MAP. 1:10,560.
  • <3>SBC12153 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1981. Pers Comm following field visit, March 1981 (& reference to The Journeys of Celia Fiennes).
  • <4>SBC9229 Bibliographic reference: C Morris (ed). 1949. The Journeys of Celia Fiennes c1694. p30.

Location

Grid reference SP 78230 34190 (point)
Civil Parish NASH, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC13486)

Record last edited

Nov 4 2024 6:53PM

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