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Bronze plaque № 59969

Wells, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Wells Water Courses - Market Place Conduit (3). In 1451 Thomas Bekynton, Bishop of Bath and Wells, who had built new houses in the Market Place, Penniless Porch and the Bishop's Eye made a grant to provide clean water for the citizens of Wells from the copious springs within the Bishop's Palace. The

water flows from the Palace moat to this Conduit (3) and then down the right side of the High Street. In return for this gift the City Council were required to visit the Bishop's tomb in the Cathedra

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