Well, Well, Well Traditional Cache
fat boy slow: Finally time to put this one to bed.
I hope it brought a few folks to the wonderful nearby well and showed off a bit more of the heritage of Harrogate that they otherwise may not have seen.
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Well, would you believe it, the town with the highest concentration of different mineral springs anywhere in the world has uncovered a 19th century well.
This cache will allow you to see it for yourself.
Contractors working for Harrogate Borough Council on a £438,000 pedestrian improvement scheme on Kings Road, as part of a £13m redevelopment of Harrogate International Centre, discovered the well in early 2010.
Initial belief was that the well is very old, possibly from the early 1800s. A local expert stated “It could be an artesian well and would have been used to serve for household drinking water for the farm originally located here.” The land was owned by the Ingilby family who farmed here until 1810. There is no record of a mineral well in this location, and there was no hint of sulphur, suggesting that this well was used for drinking water.
It is an exceptionally well-made, stone-sided well about 4.5m deep and 1.5m in diameter.
Indeed, Kings Road was previously a tree- lined boulevard provided as part of the 'spa cure' and the fascination for promenading.
Further investigation has shown that this pure water well is fed from natural waters of the Springfield estate to the north, It appears to have been built between 1780 & 1830.
Following a gift in 1911 which paid for a tree lined Promenade in memory of King Edward VIII the disused well was paved over until it's rediscovery on 2010 when it was made a feature of improvements.
This is a high muggle area at times so you may have to pick your moment
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