Monument record MLI50248 - ST. PANCRAS' WELL AND CHAPEL, SCAMPTON
Summary
ST. PANCRAS' WELL AND CHAPEL, SCAMPTON
Type and Period (3)
- HOLY WELL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CHAPEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HERMITAGE (RELIGIOUS) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Well and hermitage chapel of St Pancras. {1}
Chalybeate spring, which has immemorially been called Saint Pancras well; at the bottom of this was a strong flooring of oak, taken up several years ago before 1795. {2}
A chapel of St Pancras once stood on the site of the Roman villa at Scampton, SK95497851. Close by is a spring bearing the same dedication, SK95417853. There is no evidence of a well at the published site (now under plough). A well immediately to the south has also been filled in. No substantiation of the chapel site could be obtained. {3}
All traces of St Pancras' well have vanished. {4}
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI737 Article in Serial: Dorothy M. Owen. 1975. 'Medieval Chapels in Lincolnshire' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. vol. 10, p.20.
- <2> SLI938 Bibliographic Reference: Rev. Cayley Illingworth. 1808. A Topographical Account of the Parish of Scampton in the County of Lincoln. CHAPTER 6; FIG 4.
- <3> SLI2709 Index: OS CARD INDEX. SCAMPTON. SK 97 NE:1,1964, HARPER F R.
- <4> SLI3247 Index: SMR FILE. SCAMPTON. SK 97 NE:A,1929, PHILLIPS, C.W..
Map
Location
Grid reference | SK 9541 7853 (point) Centre |
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Civil Parish | SCAMPTON, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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