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Sutton Park Roman History: Rowton / Rownton / Roman-ton Well

lovely pics dave..i really must find the time to go and find this rowtons well..aint got a clue where it is..well ive a rough idea but knowing me i would get lost...

lyn
 
This is a letter by a Mr Alsop raising questions about some new OS map omission. Is this the same well as on Mort's map (if so, originally Rownton Well/Roman-ton Well) and quite likely connected to a small Roman outpost and the Icknield Way/Icknield Street/Ryknild Street.
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Source: British Newspaper Archive
 
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Ribston-Turner (1893) notes that:..

“Rowton Well lies near the Roman Ikenild Street, and has therefore a claim to very early fame. Rohedon was the name of a family in the neighbourhood, temp. Edward I., and there was also a Rohedon Hill and a Rohedon Green at Erdington. This name, probably the origin of Rowton, may be of early derivation, and there is a tumulus near the well which favours that view, yet a dedication to the Holy Rood in Saxon days may possibly be the original source of the name.”

(Holy and Healing Wells)
 
It was probably a local tribal well, the ancient britons worshipped water sources, the Roman' s used to keep these as a special place to keep the local tribes on side. They also had their own water deities, and would leave offerings also !!
 
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