The Maharajah's Well, Stoke Row, Oxfordshire
The Maharajah's Well is in Stoke Row, Oxfordshire. It is 370 feet deep and has an ornate wellhead cover, which includes a golden elephant under the domed canopy. It was paid for by the Maharajah of Benares (now Varanasi) in 1864. The local governor, who was from Stoke Row, had told the story of a boy in the village who had been beaten by his mother after drinking the last of the water in the house during a drought. At that time in the nineteenth century to replenish the supply meant a long round trip to fetch the water. The Maharajah was so touched by the story that he financed the digging of the well, along with a keeper's cottage. The well fell into disuse but was renovated in the 1950s and still works. The keeper's cottage still exists but the original cherry orchard is now a garden.
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Location: Stoke Row, United Kingdom
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