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St Helen's Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Royston

Historical Forms

  • St Ellens 1817 M
  • Saynt Helene chapple 1541 MinAcct
  • Seynt Helyns Chappell 1544 ib

Etymology

St Helen's Fm, St Ellens 1817 M, named from Saynt Helene chapple 1541MinAcct , Seynt Helyns Chappell 1544 ib (which was a house of the Prior of Monk Bretton and later a jointure house of the Wortleys, cf. Hnt ii, 395) and Sentellingewell 1591Comm 13, St . Hellen wells 1728 YDr, which was, according to Dodsworth a place of pilgrimage; there are several wells and springs dedicated to St Helen in YW.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site