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| HER Number | MWB4092 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | 'Miraculous Well', Yattendon |
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Summary
Possible site of a now destroyed well once known as 'Miraculous Well'.
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 02403.04.000
Monument Type(s):
Full Description
Gray's History <1> notes, "By the road side as you go from Yattendon to Pangbourn (sic) and near the kiln, is a small well, called by the cottagers the miraculous well, because it is always quite full and never runs over".
Although no GIS point for this monument has been given, a likely location is at Burnt Hill, where the First Edition Ordnance Survey <5> marks a spring north of Kiln Pond and near a collection of cottages. The spring was by a footpath about 40m from the Yattendon to Pangbourne road, and although a 2003 aerial photograph suggests that the area is under cultivation, it may be possible to check the existence of the spring from a current right of way.
Sources and further reading
| --- | Greenaway, R G. 2014. Yattendon for Vistors. p62. [Unpublished document / SWB149452] |
| <01> | Gray, E W (ed)?. pre 1839. The History and Antiquities of Newbury and its Environs. p230. [Monograph / SWB11182]
https://archive.org/details/historyandantiq00unkngoog (Accessed 16/07/2019) |
| <02> | Hope, R C. 1893. HOLY WELLS OF ENGLAND. online. P3. [Monograph / SWB8746]
https://archive.org/details/legendaryloreofh00hope (Accessed on 08/10/2021) |
| <03> | Smith-Masters, Rev J E. 1929. Yattendon and its Church. [Monograph / SWB10288] |
| <04> | Waterhouse, M. WATERHOUSE M UNPUB DIARIES. [Unpublished document / SWB10287] |
| <05> | Landmark. 1872-85. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 1, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. [Map / SWB14341] |
| <06> | 1889-91. Quarterly Journal of the Berkshire Archaeological and Architectural Society Vol I. I. In ADS Journals. 10.5284/1000017. p99 in The Value of Field Names. [Article in serial / SWB5021]
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/berks_bas_2007/journal.cfm?volume=-101 (Accessed 18/05/2016) |
| <07> | Page and Ditchfield (eds). 1924. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks IV 1924. Vol 4. p125. [Monograph / SWB10281]
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol4 (Accessed 24/09/2015) |
| <08> | Greenaway, R G. 2004. Yattendon for Vistors. p32. [Unpublished document / SWB13404] |
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