Site of "The Plague Well", Burghwallis
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Site of "The Plague Well", Burghwallis
Image: © Neil Theasby Taken: 15 Apr 2022
The Plague Well was most likely in use in 1349 at the time of the early plague known as the ‘Black Death’ that killed 30-50% of the country’s population. It originally had a stone roof with seats and probably was in existence at the time of the great plague of 1665.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.60325
Longitude
-1.188447