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Wulfrunas Well
Hob Uid: 77046
Location : City of Wolverhampton Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SJ9102000440
Summary : Wulfruna's Well(site of)(pre-1901 well with traditional 10thC associations)
More information : (SJ 9102 0044). Wulfruna's Well (NR) (1) Wulfruna's Well (NR) (Site of) (2) Wulfrun's Well. Traditionally supposed to have been frequented by the Lady Wulfruna. (3) "... the fine spring which supplies Dunstall Hall with water ... was anciently called Wulfruna's Well." (4) The well is now covered by the embankment of the railway sidings to the south and no trace of it remains. At the foot of the embankment, slightly north-west of the original well, is a stone-built pillar formerly fitted with a pipe supplying a small stone trough. It is inscribed, "In remembrance of the Lady Wulfruna, AD 994. (Obliterated) Stavelely Hill PG KC AD 1901." No details of the date of the original well were gained. (5)

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Source details : OS 6" 1913-1938
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Source details : Hist and Ants of Staf 2 1801 175 (Rev S Shaw)
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Source details : Hist of Tettenhall 1894 15 (J P Jones)
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Source details : F1 WW 06-JUN-58
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Well
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Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1901
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Well
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SJ 90 SW 6
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1958-06-06
End Date : 1958-06-06

Wulfrunas Well