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So I found a ref to St Richards Well being dressed at Droitwich. Thats interesting I thought to myself then I realised, what St Richards Well. Can anyone shed any light on this?

Yes it is surprising considering the recent rediscovery of the Droitwich spas and Wells. Would have thought this would have shown during this work.

Annoyingly I am packing all my books at the moment and so cant recall where I saw the ref. however Havins, ahh Havins, so often the answer to all my questions, is sitting on my desk and has the following to say (in summary):

St Richard - Ricahrd de Wyche as you say, bishop of Chichester restored the salt springs in the town after they went dry, and this caused the springs to be honoured aka dressed, to ensure they did not run dry again. This of course was crucual when salt was the towns main industry (my addem). The dressing was, as local legend has it, stopped during the interegnum and only started when the dressing was begun again during the restoration.

But as to where the Well was, who knows, not me thats for sure.