Monument record 60 - Hampston's Well, Burton

<1> PH Booth, 1984, Burton in Wirral, A History, p.55, 208 (Monograph). SCH3867.

Hampston's Well is first recorded in 1602-3 in the Burton Manor Court Book as Patrick's Well as part of the description of the boundary to the ‘conygreave’ (rabbit warren). It acted as village water supply into the twentieth century.

<2> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Watson. M 21/2/2017 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

Typographic error corrected. Name amended from Hamster's Well to Hampston's Well.

<3> Unknown, Unknown, Brass Plaque at Hampston's Well (Other Interpretation Materials). SCH8600.

'This well or spring possibly served the Iron Age settlement at Burton Point and the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Burton about 900AD. The earliest known written records are dated 1602/1603 in the Manor Court Book where it is referred to as Patrick’s Well located on the one side of the Coneygreve bounded by the mill, Denna Lane and the shore. There are frequent references in the records of the Manor Court concerning its upkeep. The constables of Burton were charged with cleaning the well each year and all able bodied men of Burton were required to help under a fine of sixpence. The court also passed byelaws raising funds for its maintenance from the villagers, and prohibiting washing clothes at the well or turning well water out of its course. By the nineteenth century it had become known as Hampston’s Well after a family who had lived in Burton since the sixteenth century.'

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Land Line and Master Map Vector Maps, 19/11/2018 (Maps and Plans). SCH4491.

'Hampston Well (disused)'

<5> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 78/2, 1839 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

Depicts and labels the well. To the immediate south-west is a small pond adjacent to the boundary of well croft.