Information for record number MWA2617:
Site of Possible Holy Well to N of Church, Honiley.

Summary The possible site of St Johns Well, a holy well, used for healing people during the Medieval period. The site is located 100m north of the church at Honiley.
What Is It?  
Type: Holy Well, Well
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Honiley
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 24 72
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 A long extract from an alleged court roll of 1527 is included in Dugdale. It asserts that St John's Well was a place of pilgrimage, 'St John's Bath' and 'Our Lady's Bath' being used respectively for the cleansing of male and female incontinent penitents.
3 There is still a slight issue of of water from the indicated site, but only scattered fragments of masonry remain.
4 There is a stone with a narrow artificial channel on one side on the site, but no evidence for a Well except for marshy ground.
5 site visit. Undated.
6 Plan of the village.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Antiquities of Warwickshire
Author/originator: Dugdale W
Date: 1730
Page Number: 1056
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 3, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed)
Date: 1945
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 3
   
Source No: 6
Source Type: Plan
Title: Honiley
Author/originator:
Date: 1968
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card 29NW3
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1976
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 29NW3
   
Source No: 5
Source Type: Site Visit
Title: Holy Well, Honiley
Author/originator: Parris, John.
Date: undated
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Thomson D J
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 4402
   
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source OS Card Ordnance Survey Record Card. Before the 1970s the Ordnance Survey (OS) were responsible for recording archaeological monuments during mapping exercises. This helped the Ordnance Survey to decide which monuments to publish on maps. During these exercises the details of the monuments were written down on record cards. Copies of some of the cards are kept at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. The responsibility for recording archaeological monuments later passed to the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments. back
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 VILLAGE * A collection of dwelling-houses and other buildings, usually larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a simpler organisation and administration than the latter. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. 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 MARSH * A low lying area of land that is usually waterlogged at all times and is flooded in wet weather. back

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