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<< Text Pages >> St Helen's Well (Holbeck) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Yorkshire (West)

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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Helen''s Well (Holbeck)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.598 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Leeds  Nearest Village: Holbeck (Leeds)
Map Ref: SE295329
Latitude: 53.791584N  Longitude: 1.553685W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Yorkshire (West)

This is one of three spa wells in the Holbeck area of Leeds. Originally called St. Helen's Well, it later became Holbeck Spa Well, and was sited near St. Helen's Bridge. The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) feature a page for this now lost well - see their entry for St. Helen’s Well, Holbeck, Leeds, West Yorkshire, which tells us that this well was also associated with a chapel.

TNA adds that both these sites have long since disappeared, but the well was known to contain a high sulphur content.

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SE2932 : Former flax warehouse, Marshall Street by Alan Murray-Rust
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SE2932 : Cast iron bridge over the Hol Beck by Alan Murray-Rust
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SE2932 : Marshall Court, Marshall Street, Leeds by Stephen Craven
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SE2932 : Cast iron bridge over the Hol Beck by Alan Murray-Rust
by Alan Murray-Rust
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SE2932 : Blue barrels, Water Lane, Leeds by Stephen Craven
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