Record

Title	The Waxwell, Waxwell Lane, Pinner, 1933
Repository	Harrow Local History Collection & Archive
Ref No	GB1102/LHC/4/2/1/13
Alt Ref No	1190SE
Maker	Middlesex Advertiser & County Gazette (copyright); King & Hutchings Ltd. (printers)
Date	September 1933
Description	Black and white photographic print showing the Waxwell, Waxwell Lane, Pinner, with gates and path/road in the background. Note on back in pen include "Druett "Pinner through the ages" (1937) opp. p. 48" and notes about photograph quality in blue coloured pencil. "GAZETTE / PHOTOGRAPH" stamp on back.
Comments	From the Harrow Heritage Trust plaque later installed: "Name was first recorded in 1274 as "Wakeswell". Thought to mean Waecce's Spring. Until the mid-19th Century the well was the most important source of water in Pinner Village and reputed to have healing properties."
Format	Photograph
Category	Photographs
Related Material	GB1102/LHC/4/2/1/12 (reprint)
Level	Item
Location	In Storage

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