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| HER Number: | MDV9092 |
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| Name: | Brasiter's Well, Fore Street, Totnes |
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Summary
A well located in the passage between 27 and 29 Fore street, Totnes which is marked on the Ordnance Survey Town map of 1855-1895.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 804 603 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX86SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Totnes |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | TOTNES |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX86SW/39
Monument Type(s) and Dates
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, SX86SW7 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV350466.
Visit on 16/08/1951 records that the well house is entered through Budd's Antique Shop on the west side of the passage way. Door was locked and the key was not available so unable to inspect this antiquity.
Ordnance Survey, 1855-1895, First Edition 1:500 Town Map (Cartographic). SDV338879.
'Brasiter's Well' is marked on the Ordnance Survey Town map of 1855-1895.
Windeatt, E., 1880, An Historical Sketch of Totnes, 108 (Article in Serial). SDV168929.
Now (1880) supplied with a pump.
Windeatt, E., 1904, Totnes: Its Mayor and Mayoralties, 502 (Article in Serial). SDV350465.
The old town pump has on it a brass plate with "R.M. Mayor, 1785." This is over a very old well known as Brassiter's Well. It appears in a list of the town wells as early as 1475-6.
Rea, C. F., 1923, Totnes in Bygone Days, 11 (Un-published). SDV337093.
Dated 07/12/1923. Visit in around 1923 records that the narrow passage between the post office and 29 Fore Street was the approach to one of the ancient town wells. In 1475, it was called Brasyteryswille and later Branters (Brewers) Well, other names for it were Little Well and the Town Pump. In the Guildhall is a small brass plate inscribed "R. M. Mayor, 1785" which was taken from the old town pump. Lieut. Reynell Mitchell R. N. of Bigadon, was mayor in that year and the plate perhaps recorded the reconstruction of the well.
Brown, T., 1957, Holy and Notable Wells of Devon, 215 (Article in Serial). SDV304810.
Russell, P., 1964, The Good Town of Totnes, 38 (Unknown). SDV350407.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV168929 | Article in Serial: Windeatt, E.. 1880. An Historical Sketch of Totnes. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 12. Hardback Volume. 108. |
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| SDV304810 | Article in Serial: Brown, T.. 1957. Holy and Notable Wells of Devon. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 89. A5 Hardback. 215. |
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| SDV337093 | Un-published: Rea, C. F.. 1923. Totnes in Bygone Days. Unknown. 11. |
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| SDV338879 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1855-1895. First Edition 1:500 Town Map. First Edition 1:500 Town Map. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #109296 ] |
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| SDV350407 | Unknown: Russell, P.. 1964. The Good Town of Totnes. Unknown. 38. |
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| SDV350465 | Article in Serial: Windeatt, E.. 1904. Totnes: Its Mayor and Mayoralties. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 36. A5 Hardback. 502. |
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| SDV350466 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. SX86SW7. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 30 2012 12:09PM |
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