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Latitude: 52.5961 / 52°35'45"N
Longitude: -1.4087 / 1°24'31"W
OS Eastings: 440146
OS Northings: 299976
OS Grid: SP401999
Mapcode National: GBR 6K0.BMX
Mapcode Global: WHDJL.B0DL
Plus Code: 9C4WHHWR+CG
Entry Name: King Richards Well
Listing Date: 7 November 1966
Last Amended: 13 October 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1074241
English Heritage Legacy ID: 188102
ID on this website: 101074241
Location: Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicestershire, CV13
County: Leicestershire
District: Hinckley and Bosworth
Civil Parish: Sutton Cheney
Traditional County: Leicestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Leicestershire
Church of England Parish: Market Bosworth St Peter
Church of England Diocese: Leicester
Tagged with: Building
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 14 June 2022 to correct a typo in name and address and to reformat the text to current standards
SP49 NW
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SUTTON CHENEY
AMBION LANE (South Side)
King Richards Well
(Formerly listed as King Dick's Well)
7.11.66
II
Well. Probably C19, but restored 1964. Limestone rubble, a pyramidal structure capped by a rough boulder and with a recess, the well itself, in one elevation. where an inscription in Latin commemorates the Battle of Bosworth, since the site is reputedly where Richard III quenched his thirst at the time of the Battle.
Listing NGR: SP4014699976
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