Well, Lincolnshire

Well, Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 53°14′33″N 0°09′54″E / 53.242510°N 0.165020°E / 53.242510; 0.165020

Well
St Margaret, Well - geograph.org.uk - 105801.jpg
St Margaret's church, Well
Well is located in Lincolnshire
Well

 Well shown within Lincolnshire
Population 93 
OS grid reference TF445739
Parish Well
District East Lindsey
Shire county Lincolnshire
Region East Midlands
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ALFORD
Postcode district LN13
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

Well is a small estate village and civil parish about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of the town of Alford, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the foot of the east entry to the Lincolnshire Wolds.[1] The village provides views of the gradually sloping hills towards the west.

Geography and landmarks

In the village there is a church, telephone box, and post box, and a bus shelter with a callconnect bus service.[citation needed]

The cricket club in Well serves Alford and the surrounding area; its ground holds cricket matches and summer car boot sales, and Guy Fawkes Night celebrations on the 4 and 6 November.[citation needed]

The parish church is dedicated to Saint Margaret, and was built of red brick in 1733 around the same time as Well Vale House. It was altered in the late 18th century, restored in 1959, and is a Grade I listed building.[2]

Grove House is a Victorian country house surrounded by gardens and built in 1853 of brick, situated on the edge of the Well Hall Park.[3]

Well Hall Park was first laid out in the early 18th century after the damming of Well Beck to create two lakes, and included moving the village of Well to its present site.[4]

The Natural Heritage List for England calls it Well Vale Park, and describes it as a former red brick country house, now a private school, which is grade II* listed, dating from the early 17th century, altered about 1730 for James Bateman, and extended in the late 18th century for Francis Dashwood. It was partly destroyed Fire in 1845, and rebuilt in 1925 by Guy Elwes.[5]

Well Vale Hall

Excerpt from The History of the County of Lincoln, From the Earliest Period to the Present Time; by Thomas Allen:[6]

"The village of WELL is delightfully situated in a romantic valley at the distance of about two miles south westward from Alford. It contains a mansion belonging to the Dash wood family surrounded by extensive plantations. The manor of this place is said to have been held at the time of the conquest by Richard de Wells by the service of being baker to the king. The church dedicated to St Margaret has been rebuilt in the form of an elegant Grecian temple bearing a striking resemblance to St Paul's Covent Garden. The living is a discharged rectory with the vicarage of Claxby united and is in the patronage of B Dash wood esq. The living of Well is rated in the king's books at 7 2s 3 d Near this place in 1725 two urns containing six hundred Roman coins were found in the neighbourhood are three celticbarrows contiguous to each other. From the eminences in the vicinity extensive prospects over the level lands and marshes to the sea are obtained through various openings in the woods. In 1821 this parish including the chapelry of Derthorpe and the township of Mawthorpe contained 19 houses and 185 inhabitants".

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