The Eye Well
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Eye Well by Rod Allday as part of the Geograph project.
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The Eye Well
Image: © Rod Allday Taken: 22 Sep 2010
Dated 1700 on a stone tablet, the well was also known as Bree Shute Well, a public water source. It had a reputation for healing weak and troubled eyes. Although described as 'a fairly good water' in a Rivers Commission report in 1872, an analysis showed the water to be contaminated and a possible source of fatal illnesses.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.471635
Longitude
-4.719908