Sadler's Well -- Rosebery Avenue, Islington, London, UK
N 51° 31.748 W 000° 06.384
30U E 700705 N 5712638
The historic marker for Sadler's Well, located in the Sadler's Well Theatre in Islington
Waymark Code: WMTC1B
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/30/2016
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This old holy well is located in the posh Sadler's Wells Theatre in the leafy London suburb of Islington.
A nearby interpretive sign reads as follows:
"SADLER’S WELLS
This building, which opened on 10th October 1998, is the fifth Sadler’s Wells Theatre to have been built on this historic area.
In June 1683, Dick Sadler built a Musick House near a country footpath leading from Clerkenwell to Islington. By chance, that summer he discovered a medieval well in the grounds of his house. Believing the waters to have miraculous medicinal powers, people flocked to Sadler’s Wells to enjoy the musical entertainment and to stroll in the gardens and take the waters.
Sadler himself claimed that drinking the water from the well would be effective against, “dropsy, jaundice, scurvy, green sickness and other distempers to which females are liable – ulcers, fits of the mother, virgin’s fever and hypochondriacal distemper.”
Water continues to flow from the aquifer beneath Sadler’s Wells. When the present building was constructed, it was the first in London to deploy its groundwater in the air conditioning system, an efficient and environmentally-friendly use of this historic resource.
In 2004 Sadler’s Wells entered into an agreement with Thames Water for the re-use of excess water flowing from the ground below the theatre, instead of continuing to allow it to drain wastefully away. Again, this agreement was the first of its kind in the UK.
You are now standing above the well originally unearthed by Dick Sadler.
This well has been generously supported by the Ulrich family."
Type of Historic Marker: Interpretive sign
Age/Event Date: 01/01/1683
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