Bishopwearmouth, Monk's Well

HER Number:
37

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Bishopwearmouth, Monk's Well

Place:
Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad:
Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific:
Well

General Period:
Unknown

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
About 200 yards to the north-west of the church, in a garden, there was an ancient well, formerly known by the name of the Monk's Well, which, according to tradition, belonged to the monastary. It is now built over, but remains of it apparently were traceable at a later date in the walls of a house erected on the site.

Easting:
392

Northing:
571

Grid Reference:
NZ392571

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 37 >> E. Mackenzie & M.Ross, 1834, A Historical View of...Durham, Vol. I, p. 275 n.