WOKEY, (Somerset) on the S. side of Mendip-Hills, within 1 m. W. of Wells, was anciently called Owky. Near it, on the N.
side, is a dark dismal cave, called Wokey-Hole, which all who have seen it say, is one of the most admirable pieces of
nature's workmanship. It has what they call a kitchen, a hall, a dancing-room, a cellar, &c. where are resemblances of a
man's head, a tombstone, a dog, the statue of a woman in white stone, which they call the old-witch, a stone table, and
other things artificial in the natural rock, part of which glisters like silver, and part like diamonds; 2 cisterns always
full of water that trickles from the top of the rock, but never running over; a huge stone, called the great gun, because
when lifted up and let fall to the ground, it makes a noise like a cannon; and 2 rivulets, in which are eels and some
trouts, glide through this cave with a loud noise, one of which, after it is got out of it, drives several mills. The
inside of this cave is rocky and uneven, ascending and descending, as 'tis in most other caves. The roof of it, in the
highest part, is about 8 fathoms from the floor, but in others 'tis so low that a man must almost creep to pass. The
breadth is also various, being in some places 5 or 6 fathom, in others not above 1 or 2. 'Tis about 200 yards in length.
In some parts of it the water dropping from the rock hangs down like icicles.