Listed Building record MDR3933 - Mompesson's Well - associated with plague 1665-6

Type and Period (1)

WELL (Stuart to Unknown - 1665 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II) 1347936: MOMPESSONS WELL AT SK 223 772

Full Description

[SK 22287720] MOMPESSON'S WELL [G.T.] (1) "Mompessons's Well" or "Mompesson's Brook" a well or rivulet north of Eyam where articles were left for collection by the villagers of Eyam during the plague of 1665-6. Named after the Rev. William Mompesson. (2) See G.P.A.O/65/96/1. (3)

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<1> SDR11765 Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1955. 6".
<2> SDR358 Bibliographic reference: Wood, W. 1883. History of Eyam 1883. p84.
<3> SDR6105 Personal Observation: F1 BHS 17-NOV-65.
<4> SDR16911 Index: OS. SK 27 NW 45. SK 27 NW 45.
<5> SDR16912 Index: NDAT. 0883. 0883.

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Grid reference	Centred SK 2228 7720 (10m by 10m) Centre
Civil Parish	EYAM, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Nov 7 2023 7:11PM