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<< Text Pages >> St Helen's Well (Thorpe Hesley) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Yorkshire (South)

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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Helen''s Well (Thorpe Hesley)
Country: England County: Yorkshire (South) Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Bowness-on-Windemere  Nearest Village: Near Sawrey
Map Ref: SD370960
Latitude: 54.355620N  Longitude: 2.970877W
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
0no data
3

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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Yorkshire (South)

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page on this holy well, presumed lost to history - see their entry for St. Helen’s Well, Thorpe Hesley, South Yorkshire.

TNA tells us: "In Rob Wilson’s (1991) study on the saints and wells of South Yorkshire, he mentions this site which, it would seem, may have been lost to history. In Wilson’s site-entry for the St. Helen’s Well at nearby Barnburgh, he tells that, 'There may have been other wells in South Yorkshire dedicated to St. Helen… Two 18th century surveys by William Fairbank list St. Helen’s Field in Thorpe Hesley and St. Ellen’s Field in Wentworth.' Around ten different wells are highlighted in the village itself on the first Ordnance Survey map of the area, with a number of others scattered in the surrounding fields. Any one of these may be the well in question. Much of the region was badly disfigured by the Industrialists in their usual desecration of the landscape, which may make any recovery of this site impossible. However, a foray into the whereabouts of William Fairbank’s survey could be worthwhile — and if St. Helen’s Field is one that remained untouched by local mining, the site could be recovered from its present “lost” status."

Note: TNA us that the grid reference is only an approximation, until information comes to light to correct this.

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SD3795 : Fields by Stones Lane by Hugh Venables
by Hugh Venables
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SD3795 : Farm buildings by Simon Camps
by Simon Camps
©2009(licence)
SD3695 : Footpath to Near Sawrey by DS Pugh
by DS Pugh
©2017(licence)
SD3695 : Footpath above Near Sawrey by DS Pugh
by DS Pugh
©2017(licence)
SD3795 : Cows Feeding at Bank Wood by Anthony Parkes
by Anthony Parkes
©2016(licence)

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