FRIARS WELL

This ancient drinking supply might still be extant; it would be criminal for it not to be. It is opposite the new Police Station, where once stood the Laundry Cottage and the Soapery, below Hall Brow. I took these photographs in 1986.

Friar's Well, opposite the new police station (formerly the soapery).

Have a close-up look at the water outlet head (literally!) and inside the well - where the spring breaks surface - by clicking on the images below.

Where the water comes out.   A look inside.


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