Bodle Well blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Bodlewell Lane. Site of the Bodle Well, Old Sunderland 's main water supply through the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. A bodle, a Scottish coin worth half a farthing, would buy a skeel or 2 gallons of water. Recorded plaque organisation: Old Sunderland Heritage Trail.

Bodle Well served as Old Sunderland's primary water source for centuries, supplying residents from the 17th through the 19th centuries. The well's name derives from the bodle, a Scottish coin used to purchase water by volume, reflecting its economic and social importance in local history.