Jacob the donkey in the Well House's sixteenth century tread wheel at Carisbrooke Castle, with the well shaft in the foreground

Date:: 1850 - 1900

Location:: Carisbrooke Castle, Well House, Newport, Carisbrooke, Isle Of Wight

Reference:: OP06136

Type:: Photograph (Albumen Print)

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Description

The donkeys at Carisbrook Castle are always given names beginning with 'J'. When Charles I wrote letters or was planning his escape route whilst a prisoner at Carisbrooke, he always signed his letters with a `J'. So for 150 years all the donkeys at the castle have had a name beginning with `J'.

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/21 Early Photographic Print Collection: Isle of Wight; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Broderick, F N

Keywords

Treadmill, Well House, Well