Monument record MDO2535 - Berie Well, Stoke Abbott

A well called Berie Well was situated within a plot of land given by the Abbot of Sherborne in 1520. There is now a modern well on or in the vicinity of the site of the earlier well.

In 1520 the abbot of Sherborne gave a piece of ground formerly the court-place, to erect the church-house and provide a way to a well called Berie Well within the court orchard. (Hutchins 1863)

The site falls in a small grass-covered re-entrant which has evidently been created by a spring. A modern well has been erected on the site and water from this issues forth a few yards to the north. There were no visible traces of antiquity. (Rigg 1955)

National Record of the Historic Environment, 193037 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1, Dorset XXIX.5
Surveyed: 1888, Published: 1889 (Map). SDO10239.

'Berie Well (Site of)'

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 2, Dorset XXIX.5 Revised: 1901, Published: 1903 (Map). SDO11594.

(ST 45370067) Berie Well (NR) (Site of) (NAT)

Rigg, J, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments JR, F1 JR 12-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

John Hutchins, edited by Shipp, W, and Hodson, J W, 1863, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 2, 149 (Monograph). SDO9443.

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