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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 66 NE 2 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | St Thomas's Well |
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Summary
Site of St Thomas's Well
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6744 6971 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ66NE |
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| Parish: | COBHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WELL (WELL, Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 1950 AD)
Full description
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[TQ 67446972] ST. THOMAS'S WELL [GT] (1) The name of "St. Thomas's Well" applies to the well, south of Watling Street and nearly 13 chains north of the Mount. The well is covered and a pump is erected on top of it. Said to have been visited by Thomas Becket. The owner is the Earl of Darnley. (2) The pump has been removed and the well is covered by a thick concrete slab. It is hidden under an accumulaton of dead leaves, etc. The well was covered in C.1950. It is not filled in. (3) No change. (4)
The well comprisd a circular shaft, built and capped in brickwork. The probable remains of an iron hand pump had been thrown down the shaft. The well has been sealed in sand and preserved in the mitigation earthworks of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link [9]
Additional bibliography (10-12)
<1> O.S. 6" 1939 (OS Card Reference). SKE47830.
<2> Inf. Mr. A.J.A. Booth, Agent, Cobham Hall. (OS Card Reference). SKE44392.
<3> Rev. O.N.B. 1939 p.8 (OS Card Reference). SKE49229.
<4> F1 CFW 07-JUL-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42469.
<6> F2 FGA 20-OCT-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43330.
<7> Field report for monument TQ 66 NE 2 - July, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3489.
<8> Field report for monument TQ 66 NE 2 - October, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3490.
<9> Museum of London Archaeology Service, 2001, CTRL Area 330 (Zone 5) Cobham Golf Course (ARC CGC 98) Post-excavation report (Unpublished document). SWX12851.
<10> Cobham Resource Cons. Keith Funnell Ass., Gravesham BC & Union Railways Ltd, 1996, Ashenbak Wood and Cobham Park Study Stage 3 Report (Unpublished document). SKe6680.
<11> Cobham Resource Cons. Keith Funnell Ass., Gravesham BC & Union Railways Ltd, 1996, Ashenbak Wood and Cobham Park Study Stage 3 Report (Unpublished document). SKE6680.
<12> Museum of London Archaeological Service, 2000, MoLAS [Museum of London Archaeology Service] annual review 2000, p 43 (Article in serial). SKE53865.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: O.S. 6" 1939. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Inf. Mr. A.J.A. Booth, Agent, Cobham Hall.. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Rev. O.N.B. 1939 p.8. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 07-JUL-59. |
| <6> | OS Card Reference: F2 FGA 20-OCT-64. |
| <7>XY | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 66 NE 2 - July, 1959. [Mapped feature: #14129 well, ] |
| <8> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 66 NE 2 - October, 1964. |
| <9> | Unpublished document: Museum of London Archaeology Service. 2001. CTRL Area 330 (Zone 5) Cobham Golf Course (ARC CGC 98) Post-excavation report. |
| <10> | Unpublished document: Cobham Resource Cons. Keith Funnell Ass., Gravesham BC & Union Railways Ltd. 1996. Ashenbak Wood and Cobham Park Study Stage 3 Report. |
| <11> | Unpublished document: Cobham Resource Cons. Keith Funnell Ass., Gravesham BC & Union Railways Ltd. 1996. Ashenbak Wood and Cobham Park Study Stage 3 Report. |
| <12> | Article in serial: Museum of London Archaeological Service. 2000. MoLAS [Museum of London Archaeology Service] annual review 2000. p 43. |
