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St Helen's Well

Other OS name in the Parish of Gargrave

Historical Forms

  • Capella beate Elene de Essheton 1429 Whit

Etymology

, Capella beate Elene de Essheton 1429 Whit 184 ; dedications of springs to St Helen are frequent in YW ( cf. also Chapel Field f.n. infra ) ; this is described by Whit as ' one of the most copious springs in thekingdom ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site