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Monument Number 42229
Hob Uid: 42229
Location : Lancashire Chorley Mawdesley
Grid Ref : SD5057016280
Summary : Robin Hood Well (? Holy Well)
More information : [SD 50571628] Robin Hood Well [T.I.] (1) ROBIN HOOD'S WELL. "This roadside well is about one hundred yards south of the cross ... [See SD 51 NW 5 ROBIN HOOD'S CROSS] ... I could not gather any local traditions." (2) ROBIN HOOD'S WELL [included in book dealing with holy wells. Information given, identical to authority 2] (3) The well is now disused and covered by a modern concrete slab. An old stone brough is lying nearby. There is a local tradition that ROBIN HOOD watered his horse here. (4)

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Source details : OS 6" 1911.
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Source details : Trans.L.&C.Ant.Soc.Vol.17, 1899, p.13-14 (Henry Taylor.)
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : The Ancient Crosses & Holy Wells of Lancashire, 1906, pp 39-40 (H.TAYLOR)
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : F1 EG 28-NOV-57
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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 : SD 51 NW 6
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1957-11-28
End Date : 1957-11-28

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 42229