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ID:SDV85744
Title:St Urith's Well, Chittlehampton
Originator:Price, J.
Date:1997
Summary:The parish church has a unique dedication to St Hieritha, usually now spelt Urith. St Urith is a local saint, buried near the site of her martyrdom in about the 7th century. A spring arose where she died, now a well which was still used as a water supply in the 1880s. Now covered over with a headstone in the adjacent wall.

Associated Monuments (2)

MDV993St. Hieritha's Church, Chittlehampton (Building)
MDV989Taddy, St Urith's or St Teara's Well, Chittlehampton (Monument)