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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} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 1066 - 1539 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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