Holy Well (Hali-Well) - Atwick
(TA 1854 5064)

Atwick's holy well is located by the roadside to the west of the village. The spring fed pool is located 200m to the south of Atwick church, which is dedicated to St Lawrence, so if this holy well ever had a dedication, it may have been to this saint.
Springs on the banking to the south side of the road feed into the pool and the out flow forms a stream heading towards the village. The first edition OS map actually marks the springs as the Holy well, however the locals told the Rev. Smith that the pool was also regarded as the 'Hali-Well'.
The Rev. Smith also recorded a local belief that the pool was haunted by the boggle (spirit) of a one eyed woman, who appeared at the well, hooded and cloaked, on dark nights. She was said to be the ghost of a woman murdered by her husband and buried near the well, although Rev. Smith wondered if she may have been the spirit of a nun from the nearby priory at Nunkeeling, or even a faint echo of the Norse god Odin, who often appeared hooded and cloaked and having only one eye.
500m to the east of the well, the ancient cross in Atwick village was also haunted by a ghostly white lady, whose spirit was said to materialise from the top of the cross shaft, descend to the ground, before moving silently off towards Skipsea to the north. 
There were no signs of ghosts or boggles on a visit to the Hali-well in June 2000, where several ducks and ducklings had set up home, perhaps unaware of any spectral residents.