Site Event/Activity record ECH3595 - St. Plegmund's Well: an archaeological and historical survey.

Archaeological study of St. Plegmund's Well undertaken in January 1995 in advance of proposed refurbishment, as part of improvements to Plemstall Lane. The well is a small monument and this study has proven that much of the present structure is of some antiquity and not the work of Reverend Toogood, who is said to have erected a curb around the monument in 1907. The tradition associating it with St. Plegmund, Archbishop of Canterbury 890-923, said to have been a hermit in Plemstall, is probably historical, but the site deserves more research and there is the potential of the proximity of a significant early ecclesiastical site. Possible Saxon or medieval origins. (1)