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1757 The hidden papers of the Jacobite Rebellion	1763	1778 Edward Townley Standish (Lord of the Manor 1778-1807)

Hic Bibe Well is in the north-east corner of Langtree and adjoined or was included upon the land granted to Cockersand Abbey before 1219. The land was called Wallcroft (i.e. Wellcroft) and probably took it's name from this spring. The local explanation of the name is that Cromwell refreshed himself here, and put up the inscription, Hic bibi - Here I drank.

The spelling "Hic bibe" occurs on a map dated 1763, the earliest appearance of the name, and probably the original form. The well was on or near monastic land; and the title may have arisen from a mediaeval or pedantic notice, Hic Bibe - Drink here; signifying that the spring was good drinking water. The spring was turned into Seven Stars Brook to feed Wigan Corporation water supply. The field was called Brandeath (brandrith, well-fence) in 1635, when it was leased by Thomas Langtree, esquire, to Thomas Taylor for the lives of his children William, Thomas and Isabel Taylor. ^[1]

1. ↑ Eleanor Johnson, The Standish Family 1189-1920 (Published by the Standish Local History Group, 1972)