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Our Lady's Well, Hempsted

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roof of dressed limestone slabs. It is a small square building with an entrance on the west-side, which used to be closed by an iron door. There is a rectangular water trough, also on the west side extending to the north, which is made of dressed stone kerb walls. The north and south walls are plain,
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blocks with an arched opening at the front. Water issues from the front into a large stone trough. The rectangular water trough was added in the 18th or 19th century, and would have provided water for livestock. On the back of the well is a stone sculpture showing
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but in the gable of the east wall is a worn sculpted structure of three figures. Inside there is a single square chamber with a water inlet at low level.
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The well house was built in the 14th century for the Manor of Hempsted, which was held by
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The back of the Well showing the stone sculpture of Saint Anne
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exists just to the east of the field containing the well.
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51°51′15″N 2°16′15″W / 51.854185°N 2.270776°W / 51.854185; -2.270776
Listed Building
holy well
Hempsted
Grade I listed building
Llanthony Secunda
Limestone
Saint Anne
virgin Mary
Angel
pilgrimage
earthworks

ashlar
gabled



"Our Ladys Well (Within Field Aprroximately [sic] 350 Metres West of Road"
"Hempsted"



"Some Ancient Wells, Springs and Holy Wells of the Cotswolds"
"Holy Wells of Gloucestershire"
"SUB57 Land at Newark FarmSite Historic Environment Assessmentsfor Strategic Assessment of Land Availability (SALA"
"The Holy and Ancient Wells and Springs of Gloucester – Our Lady's Well, Hempsted"
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