Monument record MDO1235 - Lady's Well, Hermitage

A well consisting of a brick chamber topped with a stone slab over a spring. Said locally to have supplied water to Hermitage Priory, though the present structure appears to be relatively modern.

Still known as Lady's Well, it is more in the nature of a spring and consists of a brick chamber 1.0m square with a stone slab on top. There is no visible evidence of antiquity but local tradition says the well was used to supply water to Hermitage Priory (ST 60 NW 12). This may be true, for it is still used as a source of water for Church Farm. <2>

Lady's Well (name confirmed at Church Farm). No change to report of 10 9 55 except that the water is no longer piped to Church Farm. Published 1:2500 survey correct. <3>

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1900, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two, Dorset XXII.5, Revised 1901, Published 1902 (Map). SDO11594.

Lady's Well (NR)

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, 10-SEP-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<2.1> Wells, P, 1955, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments: Mrs P Wells, Church Farm, Hermitage (Verbal communication). SDO17411.

<3> Phillips, A S, Various, Field Investigators Comments ASP, F2 ASP 21-OCT-77 (Unpublished document). SWX3817.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 198763 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 23 2021 10:17AM