Description

LYDFORD
SX 57 NE
10/8 Fice's Well
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- II

Well. Date 1568. Granite. The well comprises a stone canopy of 2 jambs and a
lintel which has been built over a spring. A later circular wall encloses it with
a stile opposite the well opening. The lintel of the well is inscribed "I.F.1568"
in high relief.
Reputedly the well was erected by Sir John Fitz of Fitzford, near Tavistock, who
with his wife was led astray by pixies in his part of the moor and was rescued from
the predicament by drinking water from the spring which had magical qualities. As
an act of gratitude Sir John erected the canopy over the spring for the benefit of
future travellers.
Source: Dartmoor Crosses and Some Ancient Tracks: F H Starkey.

Listing NGR: SX5773175864

External Links

• Historic England Listing

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)