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Thomas Becket and the tales of the lost nightingales of Otford and the numerous wells of Kent

 

If you get a chance to go to Otford then I suggest you give it an afternoon it is a delightful village.

If you were intrigued by this tale and would like to gaze upon some of the works that I cast my eyes upon, then here they are.

The Historic England website on Becket's Well

The Northern Antiquarian on Becket's Well

F. B. Pateman and others on St. Thomas a Becket's Well, Otford taken from Archaeologia Cantiana 1956 Volume 70

An unpublished article on Kentish Wells from April 1997

Kent County Website on Becket's well

I was really hankering after reading the Holy Wells of Kent by R.B Parish but alas due to it being out of print and libraries being shut during my research I was not able to get my grubby mitts on it.