Monument record 0182600000 - DUNSHAM FARMHOUSE

Summary

Site of holy well, possibly a spring, mentioned in historic records

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Type and Period (2)

  • HOLY WELL (16th Century - 1500 AD? to 1599 AD)
  • SPRING (16th Century - 1500 AD? to 1599 AD)

Description

ST OSYTH'S HOLY WELL: LELAND DESCRIBES IT AS AT QUERENDUNE, BETWYXT EAEILESBURY & QUERENDUNE, IT CAN'T NOW BE TRACED. BUT AT DUNSHAM IS A REMARKABLE SPRING, WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN THE SAINT'S WELL (B1).
AT NGR IS A SMALL BRICK-LINED WELL, 75M SW OF SITE OF FARM, PERHAPS THAT REFERRED TO ABOVE (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC5653 Bibliographic reference: Robert Gibbs. 1885. A History of Aylesbury. p96.
  • <2>SBC692 Bibliographic reference: AYLESBURY PAST PROJECT FIELDWALK REPORT 01,FEB 198 7,IN CAS FILE 5545.

Location

Grid reference SP 82330 15130 (point)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC13435)

Record last edited

Oct 9 2013 7:25PM

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