jan 1, 1538 - draw-well

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A deep well from which water is drawn up in a bucket attached to a rope. 1338 ‘his well called <i>le Drauwell</i> on the north’, York (YRS111/182); 1538 <i>In this ward is a fair great and large draw well hewn in the rock and it is far unto the water and goeth with a mighty great wheel</i>, Knaresborough (YAJ30/223).

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