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Chaveywell

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Chaveywell
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"The well is renowned for the purity of its water. During an epidemic between 1880 and 1890 the water in Calne became polluted reulting in a number of deaths (probably from typhoid). Chaveywell was the only water that remained pure and was relied upon unt

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Castle HouseListed building · 149 ydCalne Heritage CentreMuseum · 208 ydTown HallListed building · 209 ydBarclays Bank the Old Bank HouseListed building · 263 ydPorcine sculpturePublic sculpture · 333 ydNational Cycle Network milepost at CalneMonument or public art · 375 ydBowood Lake; The waterfall nearbyWaterfall · 1.1 miWhitley BrakeWood · 1.5 miWoodland on the Bowood EstateForest or wood · 1.5 miFootpath and Monument, Wick HillMountain or hill · 2.1 miSite of Cistercian Abbey, Bencroft Hill Farm in the distanceChurch, cross or graveyard · 2.1 miNotice on Wick HillMountain or hill · 2.3 mi

Pictures: Neil Owen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; David Howard, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Roger Cornfoot, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Ron Strutt, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Michael Garlick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Vieve Forward, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Doug Lee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Colin Bates, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Helen Hanley, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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