Sunderland, Bodle Well

HER Number:
5467

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Bodle Well

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad:
Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific:
Well

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Site of the Bodle Well. The name comes from the fact that a charge was made for water. A bodle was a Scottish coin worth half a farthing. A bodle would have bought you a skeel or 4 gallons of water. The well was removed in 1938, but its name survives in the name Bodlewell Lane.

Easting:
403

Northing:
573

Grid Reference:
NZ403573

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5467 >> Plaque on wall of 180 High Street East