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“This isn’t quite Richard III under a car park but a 12th century holy well attached to St Thomas Becket is still a rare survival.”

Indeed it is, and I do hope the excavations in Derby lead to the well’s permanent restoration. It’s dreadful how we’ve allowed our precious past to be destroyed, but better late than never. Derby will be proud of its “new” acquisition! At least, it will if the well is saved!

Be honest, if the planned new development—called Becketwell—will in its present form destroy the well’s remains forever, why not change it in order to include the actual holy site and thus make it complete? I’m sure architects and planners can redraw everything to include the well! If they can’t, then they aren’t worth their salaries!

To read much more, go to the Derby Telegraph