Beggar's Well, Coleshill
Beggar's Well was rebuilt in its current location in the second half of the 20th century due to road widening. It is not known if any of the original brickwork survives.
1 The well was rebuilt in it’s present location within living memory, due to the widening of the Lichfield Road. Cllr P Fowler Pers Comm
2 Ordnance Survey Maps show that sometime between 1962 and 1983, the well was rebuilt in its present position. It’s original location was 13m to the west (both locations mapped).
3 Photograph held in Warwickshire Record Office showing woman standing by Beggar’s Well (dated 1900-1909).
4 Photographs taken 2007. Shows rebuilt well is made of completely different material. It is not known whether this is encasing the original brickwork underneath or if none of the original brickwork survives.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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