King Charles's Well
Other OS name in the Parish of Tur Langton
Historical Forms
- King Charles Well 1798 Nichols
- Carles Trough 1625,1653,1708 Terrier
- Charles Trough 1708 18 ib
- Carls Trofe 1745 ib
Etymology
, 1925 Kelly , King Charles Well 1798Nichols; it is Carles Trough 1625, 1653, 1708Terrier , Charles Trough 1708 (18) ib , Carls Trofe 1745ib , v. trog . Popular tradition has it that in 1645 , Charles I watered his horse at the chalybeate spring now so called during his flight from the battlefield of Naseby , but the name predates any such event . It may well be that the original specific was OE ceorl , replaced by ON karl ( as in the name of adjoining Carlton Curlieu ) .