Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Wells, England” in chapter 6, entry fireplace of Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia:

...imney, and perhaps the most ancient one in existence, anticipating by several centuries the first chimneys erected in Italy. (See chimney.) The fireplace (A, Fig 1996) in the hall of Vicar's Close, Wells, England , is an example of the fireplace of some centuries back. Louis Savot, of the Faculty of Medicine at Paris (1579-1640), published a work on warming and ventilation in 1624. His is the firs...
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