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Blow Wells

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Coates

Etymology

, cf. Blow-well Plot 1841TA ; v. NED s.v. blow sb . 2 . under blow-well where the following quotation is given : “ On the warp - lands of … the Humber estuary there bubble up with great vigour a series of springs known as ' blow - wells ' … A ' blow - well ' is a natural artesian discharge ” .