Old well head, Cropton
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Old well head, Cropton
Image: © Gordon Hatton Taken: 23 Apr 2019
The former well, now capped, near the northern end of Cropton village street. Like other villages on the limestone Tabular Hills, Cropton suffered from a lack of running water. Some villages further west on the limestone plateau such as Carlton, Fadmoor and Gillamoor had water supplied via an ingenious system of channels constructed in the 18th century by Joseph Foord, but here an exceedingly deep well was dug to reach water. The actual depth varies between 216ft and 300ft, depending on which account one reads, whilst the well was in use until 1899 when a piped supply was introduced thanks to Squire Gill.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.293092
Longitude
-0.838321