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Berkswell Well

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Berkswell Well

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Berkswell Well

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Location: Berkswell, West Midlands Region, England, United Kingdom

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1. Berkswell & Eastern Green loop via Millennium Way

18.5km

04:47

110m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Berkswell & Basall Common loop via Millennium Way

7.92km

02:03

40m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. The Bear Inn, Berkswell – Berkswell Well loop from Berkswell

6.35km

01:39

40m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Sasha Taylor

August 29, 2020

The name "Berkswell" has long been attributed to the presence of the well - "In Domesday book it is written Berchewelle, having first had that denomination (as I guess) from the large Spring which boileth up on the South side of the Churchyard" wrote the Warwickshire historian Sir William Dugdale in the mid 18th century.

The English place names society suggested that the name Berkswell means Well or Spring of Bercul, a personal name that is found in Mercia ( wherein "Berkswell" lay) in the eighth century.

Christianity had been brought to this area by travelling monks from Lichfield. A local leader, Bercul, is said to have been baptised in the well.

The well was the source of water for many villagers, including the school, right up until the mid twentieth century. In the nineteenth century a pipe was laid from the Well to Berkswell Hall where a hydraulic water ram lifted it for use in the Hall up until the eve of the second world war. The well was refurbished in to its present form in 1851.

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Elevation 150 m

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Location: Berkswell, West Midlands Region, England, United Kingdom

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1. Berkswell & Eastern Green loop via Millennium Way

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