Holywell nr. Stamford / Aunby / Awnby

No individual entry found for this Holywell or for Aunby in the Domesday survey. Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989) note: "Font [...] of 1864, a square bowl with an odd base of two half-columns against a central pier." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TF0002816015] notes: "Former church of St Wilfrid, now closed. c.1700, with some C19 alteration, re-using C12 and C14 material. [...] C19 square font with contemporary wooden cover and shafted base." The Lincs to the past web site [www.lincstothepast.com/SITE-OF-AUNBY-CHURCH--CAREBY--AUNBY-AND-HOLYWELL/225618.record?pt=S] [accessed 24 May 2019] informs on the site of Aunby Church, Careby, Aunby and Holywell [Reference Name MLI33608]: "There were 33 skeletons, 4 stone coffins, and fragments of mullions and tracery of probably C13th windows, found about 1855 in a stack-yard at Aunby. Almost certainly this is the site of the former Aunby church, which is believed locally to have stood at approximately TF 0220 1459 but there are no surface indications. Material from the demolished church is believed to have been re-used in the construction of the Church of St Wilfrid at Holywell". This appears to indicate that there was a church in Aunby in the 13th century but no medieval church in Holywell.