Bishopwearmouth, Monk's Well

HER Number

37

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Bishopwearmouth, Monk's Well

Place

Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific

Well

General Period

UNCERTAIN

Specific Period

Uncertain

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

About 200 yards to the north-west of the church, in a garden, there was an ancient well, formerly known by the name of the Monk's Well, which, according to tradition, belonged to the monastary. It is now built over, but remains of it apparently were traceable at a later date in the walls of a house erected on the site.

Easting

439200

Northing

557100

Grid Reference

NZ439200557100

Sources

<< HER 37 >> E. Mackenzie & M.Ross, 1834, A Historical View of...Durham, Vol. I, p. 275 n.