Pure spring water fountain popular with locals and tourists alike. Situated on the B2130 in the village of Hascombe, Godalming, Surrey. Parking available on the main road next to the spring. The fountain is inscribed with the words “Whosoever will let him take the water of life freely”. On weekends the village is busy with people filling their bottles with the water.
The story of the spring fountain is detailed in The Guildford Dragon:
”It was built in 1877 by Edward Lee Rowcliffe (1825-1898), in memory of his brother Henry. A notice beside it states that the water is piped from a spring in the side of the hill bordering nearby Hoe Lane.
Mr Rowcliffe built another fountain in 1893 near the junction of the B2130 and A281 “for the refreshment of wayfarers”. It is no longer operational.
He was a successful lawyer and in 1864 bought Hall Place, a house near today’s Dunsfold Park.
He bought up other land locally, and by 1890 was one of two landowners who owned most of the parish of Hascombe.”
