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<< Our Photo Pages >> St Helen's Well (Boston Spa) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Yorkshire (West)

Submitted by DavidRaven on Saturday, 28 July 2007  Page Views: 10803

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Helen's Well (Boston Spa) Alternative Name: St Helen's Well (Thorp Arch)
Country: England County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Wetherby  Nearest Village: Thorpe Arch
Map Ref: SE45134583
Latitude: 53.906671N  Longitude: 1.31455W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
3 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
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St Helen's Well (Boston Spa)
St Helen's Well (Boston Spa) submitted by DavidRaven : The current sorry state of St Helen's well near Boston Spa. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well in Yorkshire (West).

Close by the Roman Road (Rudgate) to the east of Boston Spa, lies the site of the old St Helen's Well.

This votive well is recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 54717, which tells us: "(in 1958) St. Helen's Well (a Votive or Rag Well) still used as such. A chapel dedicated to St. Helen - mentioned 1429 - has now gone. An Anglian cross shaft was found near the well. It is of the Urnes style and dates from about 1100. It is now in West Marton Church [SD 8950] ... The Well, now dry and overgrown, has no associated masonry, and appears to have been a simple spring." By 1963, this entry had been updated to read: "There are no visible remains of the chapel, but the contour of the ground in the vicinity of the well, suggests a natural hillock at SE 45134583 as the probable site. The present location of the cross shaft was not verified."

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page for this well - see their entry for St. Helen’s Well, Thorp Arch, West Yorkshire, which includes an image of the 1849 OS map showing the location of the well, a drawing of the carved cross found near the well, directions for finding this site, a brief archaeology & history, local folklore and photographs of the well in 1934 and 1935.

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St Helen's Well (Boston Spa)
St Helen's Well (Boston Spa) submitted by DavidRaven : Not sure how old these clooties attached to the ivy are. I'm guessing they were put here since the tree fell? (Vote or comment on this photo)

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