More information : (SP 2448 7234) St. John's Well (GT) (1) "St. Thomas in his edition of Dugdale (1730) inserted a long extract from an alleged court roll of 18 Henry VIII. It asserted that .. St John's Well .. was a place of Pilgrimage, 'St. John's bath' and 'our Ladys bath' being used respectively for the cleansing of male and female incontinent penitents. (2) There is still a slight issue of water from the indicated site, but only scattered fragments of masonry remain. Published survey (25") revised. For copy of revised survey see SP 27 SW 4. (3) No change since report of 23.4.68. (4)
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