Nun's Well is a spring just inside the village of Cannock Wood in Staffordshire, England, at the base of the Mercia Mudstone Group.[1] There is no evidence that nuns ever lived there, and the name appears to originate in the grant of part of Cannock Chase by Henry II to a priory at Farewell.[2] Slag remains, possibly of a bloomery, have been found there.[3]
References
edit- ^ Barrow 1919, p. 220.
- ^ Duignan 1884, p. 59.
- ^ Iron and Steel 1965, p. 317.
Reference bibliography
edit- Barrow, George (1919). The Geology of the Country Around Lichfield: Including the Northern Parts of the South Staffordshire and Warwickshire Coalfields. E. Stanford, Limited.
- Duignan, William Henry (1884). "On the king's house and the priory at Radmore, on Cannock Chase". The Midland Antiquary. 3–4.
- Iron and Steel. 38. Iron and Steel Board. 1965.
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Further reading
edit- "Nun's Well, Cannock Wood". Countryside Service. Cannock Chase Council.
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