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St Helen's Well

Other OS name in the Parish of Eastham

Historical Forms

  • Helen's Well 1842 OS 1850 TAMap

Etymology

( 109–385781 ) , Helen 's Well 1842 OS, 1850TAMap , cf. St Helen 's Hill Field 1839TA , Bath Garden 1831 Bry and Well Woodinfra , named from a spring , the history of which has not been discovered , cf. St Helen's Hill 200infra , v. wella , bæð .