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St Patrick's Church & Well

Other OS name in the Parish of Bampton

Historical Forms

  • ecclesie Sci Patricii de Bampton 1362 TestKarl
  • Mab Well 1729 ib

Etymology

( ecclesie Sci Patricii de Bampton 1362TestKarl ) ( ' St Patrick 's Well at Bampton , commonly called Mab Well from an old inmate ' 1712 PR 104 , Mab Well , ' St Patrick 's Well dedicated to ye St . of ye church ' 1713 ib 107 , Mab Well 1729 ib 157 ) .