Information for record number MWA1361:
Possible Site of St Modwenna's Well

Summary The possible site of St Modwenna's Well. It was a holy well dating to the Medieval period, and is mentioned in documeintary sources. The Well is believed to have been destroyed when the railway was built. It was situated 300m north west of Foxholes Wood.
What Is It?  
Type: Holy Well, Well
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Offchurch
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 37 66
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

 
Source Number  

1 Adjacent to Fosse Way. The site was probably destroyed when the railway was built.
2 Various names on documents of 1657, 1745 and 1848 record the well.
 
Sources

Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: St Modwenna's Well
Author/originator: Usher H
Date: 1979
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 1361
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: MDT
Date: 1979
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 1486
   
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Glossary

 
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument HOLY WELL * A well or spring, possessing religious or otherwise ritualistic significance, around which a structure, such as a niche, wall or shelter, has been constructed. In the case of the water source being a natural spring, double-index with SPRING. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. back
monument WOOD * A tract of land with trees, sometimes acting as a boundary or barrier, usually smaller and less wild than a forest. back
monument RAILWAY * A line or track consisting of iron or steel rails, on which passenger carriages or goods wagons are moved, usually by a locomotive engine. back

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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