Robin Hood’s Well, Wakefield
According to The Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells of England by Robert Charles Hope (1893), ‘Robin Hood’s Well is reputed to be the starting-place of a padfoot called in the neighbourhood the “Boggard...
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Moor Well, Dodleston
Robert Charles Hope recounts the following tale of the Moor Well in The Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells (1893). ‘The boundaries of the parish were marked by a series of wells, which used...
Thanet Well, Greystoke
In Greystoke, about a mile away on the borders of this parish, there seemed to be a most interesting memorial of St. Kentigern in a well much visited by strangers and farmers called “Thanet...
St Kenelm’s Well, Winchcombe
According to The Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells of England by Robert Charles Hope (1893), ‘WHILE the body of St. Kenelm was being brought to Winchcombe, the bearers, becoming very weary and thirsty,...
St Helen’s Well, Thorp Arch
Today the Well is dried up but Robert Charles Hope gives the following description of St Helen’s Well in The Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells (1893). ‘It was usual for those who consulted...
Tommy Tack Well, Gilcrux
No trace of Tommy Tack now exists though the following two 19th century accounts refer to the wells medicinal properties. “This Parish is perhaps the most remarkable of any in England for the fineness...
Chadwell, Pertenhall
“The other day, in passing through Pertenhall, I noticed the Chadwell Spring, at Chadwell End, to be a big one. At one time it was proposed to have a drain to carry the water...
Bothel, Torpenhow
At Bothel, in the parish of Torpenhow, a stream rises from a well which supplies the village with water. The proverbial “oldest inhabitant” asserted that this stream ran blood on the day of King...
Jenny Stannywell
Straddling the Roman Ermine Street near Hibbaldstow was a Romano Britian settlement, the walls of which are said to have still been partially visible in the 1700s. The construction of Ermine Street is thought...
The Revolution Well, Leeds
Robert Charles Hope gives the following description of The Revolution Well in The Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells (1893). ‘On the near side of the hill in Moortown Lane is a drinking well...
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