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Monument Number 56107
Hob Uid: 56107
Location : Doncaster Burghwallis
Grid Ref : SE5190011750
Summary : Robin Hood's Well - prob erected 1711 - removed & rebuilt c.1964
More information : [SE 51721209] Robin Hood's Well [G.T.] (1) Robin's Hood Well, on the east side of the Doncaster road at Skelbrooke, is said to have been designed by Vanbrugh, and this is supported both by the style and the date 1711, which has been carved on the structure. (2) The well-house, correctly described above, was dismantled during road widening and re-erected at SE 51901175. See GP/AO/64/238/2 for present appearance & GP/AO/S/60/3&4 for original appearance.(3)

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Source details : OS 25" 1960.
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Source details : Bldgs. W.R. Yorks, 1959, 476. (Pevsner)
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Source details : F1 RL 31-AUG-64
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Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
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Monument Start Date : 1711
Monument Type : Well
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Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
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Monument Start Date : 1964
Monument Type : Well
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SE 51 SW 1
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1964-08-31
End Date : 1964-08-31

Monument Number 56107