Pool by St. Giles' Churchyard

Pool by St. Giles' Churchyard
   Mentioned by Stow, p. 16, as having been in existence in 1244, but in his time stopped up, and the spring preserved and arched over with stone by the Executors of Richard Whittington (ib.).
   This Pool, or the spring which supplied it, has been identified by Maitland and others with Crowder's Well (q.v.).

A Dictionary of London. . 1918.

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