Yorkshire Holy Wells |
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A strong spring rises at the head of a stream called St Helen's Gutter, which flows from the foot of a banking on the east side of the Ripon to Harrogate road. The water from the spring is channeled some way underground and emerges from an opening in a small section of drystone walling. Previously, the "St Helen's Gutter" name had
been noted on the OS map, but no reference had been found to a holy well
at this location. However whilst researching St Mungo's well at Copgrove,
a footnote in the book "Memorial's of Copgrove" (Major 1922),
mentions "St Helens Well by the road to Ripon" as an example
of a local holy well that did not appear in Hope's book "The Holy
Wells of England ..etc". |
Access - The spring is at the side of a grass field, by
the roadside. Condition - Good, but overgrown. |