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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:

5	Perfect
4	Almost Perfect
3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0	No data.
-1	Completely destroyed

Destroyed Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

no data Access:

5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0	No data.

no data Accuracy:

5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4	co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

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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
©2020(licence)

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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