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James Bird’s Volume 8 of the
in the middle of the inner court(Bird 153-187). In a footnote, Bird indicates that the well in the orchard is most likely the one from which the priory and the district took its name (Bird 153-187n204). This is because
much decayed and marred with filthinesse, purposely layd there, for the heighthening of the ground, for garden plotsand while it is possible that the orchard land was used for gardening plots, the inner court was never put to that purpose (Bird 153-187n204; Stow 1598, sig. B7v). By this reasoning, we assume that the well in the orchard of Holywell Priory is the one that bears the name Holy Well.
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James Bird’s Volume 8 of the
in the middle of the inner court(Bird 153-187). In a footnote, Bird indicates that the well in the orchard is most likely the one from which the priory and the district took its name (Bird 153-187n204). This is because
much decayed and marred with filthinesse, purposely layd there, for the heighthening of the ground, for garden plotsand while it is possible that the orchard land was used for gardening plots, the inner court was never put to that purpose (Bird 153-187n204; Stow 1598, sig. B7v). By this reasoning, we assume that the well in the orchard of Holywell Priory is the one that bears the name Holy Well. Agas coordinates are based on the description in Volume 8 of the