Basket Wells
According to The Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells of England by Robert Charles Hope (1893), ‘The parvise over the porch of St. Margaret’s Church is known as the “Maids’ Chamber,” in consequence of two maiden sisters, named respectively Elizabeth and Catharine, who lived a recluse life, inhabiting it; they left a sum of money for the sinking of two wells, between the church and the infirmary, called the Basket Wells, Basket being said to be a corruption of Bess and Kate, the names of the donors.’
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