Offerton, well of St. Cuthbert
Offerton, well of St. Cuthbert
HER Number
              350
          District
              Sunderland
          Site Name
              Offerton, well of St. Cuthbert
          Place
              Offerton
          Map Sheet
              NZ35NW
          Class
              Water Supply and Drainage
          Site Type: Broad
              Water Storage Site
          Site Type: Specific
              Well
          General Period
              MEDIEVAL
          Specific Period
              Medieval 1066 to 1540
          Form of Evidence
              Documentary Evidence
          Description
              The inclusion of this well, and the associated chapel (HER no. 349), on the HER depends solely on a single reference in an "antient deed" in the possession of the 19th century antiquarian John Hodgson, and cited by him in a footnote. "An antient deed...by which William Basset conveyed to John de Staindrop, called the Coroner, a messuage and lands in Offerton, in the county of Durham, mentions 'the chapel of the blessed Cuthbert in Vfferton', and 'the well of St. Cuthbert' in that village". There is no trace on the ground and no local tradition for the well.
          Easting
              434483
          Northing
              555448
          Grid Reference
              NZ434483555448
    Sources
              << HER 350 >>  J. Hodgson, 1832, History of Northumberland, Part II, Vol. II, p. 132; 
Revd. P.B.G. Binnall & M.H. Dodds, 1947, Holy Wells in Northumberland and Durham, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, X (for 1942-46), p. 84;
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, ISS, 1978, Possible Med. Holy Well and chapel
          Revd. P.B.G. Binnall & M.H. Dodds, 1947, Holy Wells in Northumberland and Durham, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, X (for 1942-46), p. 84;
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, ISS, 1978, Possible Med. Holy Well and chapel