Lady Well, Thirsk

“An old historian of the town says: “In the marsh near the church flows a spring of pure and excellent water, commonly called Lady Well, doubtless a name of no modern description.” Yorks. Folk-lore, p. 199. . [The Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells of England by Robert Charles Hope (1893)]

“Amid the willows rises a plenteous spring of water, which is protected by a simple triangular cover of stone, and known by the name of ‘Our Lady’s Well’. Probably the water in ancient times was used in the services of the church, to which it is immediately contiguous.” [‘The Vale of Mowbray’ (1859) by William Grainge]