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Monument details

HER Number:TR 14 SE 31
Type of record:Monument
Name:Medieval well (site)

Summary

Medieval well (site)


Grid Reference:TR 1617 4088
Map Sheet:TR14SE
Parish:LYMINGE, SHEPWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • WELL (WELL, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Full description

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[TR 16174088] St. Eadburg's Well [NR] (Site of) [NAT] (1) This spring is the principal source of the Little Stour River. There is record of a bequest in 1484 for preservation by John Gardyn. In the C19th a well house was built over the spring and in 1898 the present canopy and now disused chain pump were erected. (2) As described. The well house stands 10.0 metres NW of Authority 1's siting. (3)


<1> OS 6" 1876 (OS Card Reference). SKE48310.

<2> Parish of Lyminge 1933 9-10 (AW Davis) (OS Card Reference). SKE48493.

<3> F1 ASP 01-MAY-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE41875.

<4> Field report for monument TR 14 SE 31 - May, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5432.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1876.
<2>OS Card Reference: Parish of Lyminge 1933 9-10 (AW Davis).
<3>XYOS Card Reference: F1 ASP 01-MAY-63. [Mapped feature: #42773 Well, ]
<4>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 14 SE 31 - May, 1963.