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St Rumbold's Well is a medieval holy well located in Buckinghamshire, England. The site reflects the widespread veneration of saints and sacred springs that characterized medieval Christian practice, with St Rumbold being an Anglo-Saxon saint associated with miraculous healing. The well structure itself represents the physical infrastructure of pilgrimage culture that flourished throughout the medieval period. As a designated monument, St Rumbold's Well preserves evidence of religious devotion and settlement patterns in the English countryside during the medieval era.
St Rumbold's Well is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017204. View the official record →
St Rumbold's Well is a medieval holy well located in Buckinghamshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017204.
St Rumbold's Well is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1017204.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A slight univallate hillfort 600m south east of Home Farm (3.6 km), Thornborough Bridge (3.9 km), Norbury: a slight univallate hillfort immediately east of Padbury Mill (4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of St Rumbold's Well's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
St Rumbold's Well stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.