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Survey of English Place-Names

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St Faith's Well

Other OS name in the Parish of Hexton

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is so named c. 1640 (Whiteman) . The church is dedicated to St Faith and in the 17th century there were fields called St Faith 's halfacre and St Faith 's Wick ( Whiteman ) .