Talk:Cosgrove, Northamptonshire

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St.Vincent's Well (or Finches Well) Cosgrove had many wells, some of which can still be traced today, but it's most celebrated one is known as St. Vincent's or Finches well, safegarded by Act of Parliament as one of the genuine "Holy Wells", a pure chalybeate spring of great healing value. When the Parish of Cosgrove was enclosed in1767 there was a special clause in the Award saying that St. Vincent's well should belong to the people of Cosgrove for ever, and that there should always be free access to it by footpath from the public road. The water of this well has a very high iron content, and during the 1900's it was extensively used for the bathing of eyes and was of particular value in conjunctivitis. It is still visible, enclosed by iron railings, behind the Old National School at the far end of Main Street.