Spa Well

HER Number

4432

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Spa Well

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific

Well

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Spa well was located on the Town Moor, 70 yards west from the moor edge. In 1718 it was covered with a brick arch. The Spa remained until the beginning of the 18th century when it was washed away by the sea.

Easting

441100

Northing

557200

Grid Reference

NZ441100557200

Sources

<< HER 4432 >> J.W. Summers, 1858, The History of Sunderland, p 74