Location

 

Sticklepath (Okehampton)

 

Holy Well Name

 

Lady's Well

 

Map Reference

 

SX639 941: Public access

 

Date Visited

 

Nov-02

 

This is a small stone structure situated beside the old A30 road in the village and from which a pipe takes the water in to a stone-lined trough. An inscription on the well reads" Lady Well. Drink and be thankful".  A few yards down the road in the village, a plaque on the wall next to the Methodist Chapel notes that water was piped here to celebrate the Jubilee of Queen Victoria and I assume the use of the Lady Well declined from that time.Listed in Devon Sites and Monuments Register