Walton Well Drinking Fountain
Water source
Location
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51.762225, -1.269936
URL
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HE_ref=1047105
access=yes
check_date=2025-02-26
disused:amenity=drinking_water
drinking_water=no
inscription=Drink and think of him who is the fountain of life
inscription:2=With the consent of the Lords of the Manor, this drinking fountain is erected by Mr. William Ward to mark the site of a celebrated spring known as Walton Well adjacent to the ancient fordway into Port Meadow called Walton Ford
listed_status=Grade II
name=Walton Well Drinking Fountain
nickname=Belmont Drinking Fountain
note=The "Brumman's Well" name was also given to Aristotle's Well, nearby. The name refers to "Brumman le Rich or de Walton" (see source). I can't find anything backing up the "Belmont Drinking Fountain" name.
old_name=Bruman's Well
source=local_knowledge; http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/streets/inscriptions/north/drinking_fountain.html
source:old_name=Robert Charles Hope, _The legendary lore of the holy wells of England: including rivers, lakes, fountains and springs_, 1893 London Elliot Stock, https://archive.org/details/legendaryloreofh00hope/mode/2up (as "Brumman's Well")
start_date=1885
tourism=attraction
wikidata=Q26299218
OSM Node ID:
1435646651
OSM Location
51.762225, -1.269936
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