The name Malmers Well appears to have been applied to an earth work rather than a well as such. John Parker in his Early History and Antiquities of Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, 1878, refers to the manuscripts of a Dr Willis who visited Wycombe at the beginning of the 18th Century. He writes: “Above the church about four furlongs distant is a Celtic or British fortification called Mawtrim’s or Manuck’s Well, afterwards called Malmer’s Well, about 300 yards form the Castle Hill, lying on the north side; it is round with entrances on the north and south sides and is bounded on the east and partly on the north by the ancient British road called Crendon Lane.”

A pit was however found in this area:

“In the year 1863, an excavation was made in Wycombe Cemetery which forms part of Malmers Well…a pit was discovered, which may be described as a nearly circular chamber, 7 feet deep, 8 feet in diameter at the top and slightly tapering to a diameter of 6 feet at the bottom. These limits were well defined, the chalk having been sharply cut away all round and at the bottom. These limits were well defined, the chalk having been sharply cut away all round and at the bottom.” The pit contained what was thought to be the remains of a cremation and it seems unlikely that the holy well was in the Malmers Well area.”