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road to Hurst in the lowland, it is the overflow of 

 Lady Holt well, but this theory may be taken to 

 represent popular respect for the deepest well in the 

 neighbourhood. It is probable that the water in all 

 the upper Harting wells is held up by the gault clay 

 beneath the chalk, and not by the chalk itself. On 

 June 7, 1714, Caryll, "The Squire," paid, aswe have 

 seen, 2s. 6d. to his well-sinker Tupper, who made Lady 

 Holt well, for fetching a dead dog " Emperor" out 

 of it. History repeats itself: for in January, 1877, a 

 cat in play sprang at the rope, as the man was letting 

 down the bucket, missed her hold, and falling into the 

 depths below was drowned. Probably both accidents 

 occurred in the same way. 



Seven Wells of Harting Downs in Upper Chalk. 



