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Chapel And Well of St Helen
Hob Uid: 54717
Location : Leeds Walton, Thorp Arch
Grid Ref : SE4513045830
Summary : Votive well. The chapel, mentioned in 1492, may be on a nearby hillock. An Anglian cross-shaft of circa 1100 was found in the vicinity and is now in West Marton Church.
More information : [SE 4516 4579] St. Helen's Well [GT]. (1) St. Helen's Well (a Votive or Rag Well) still used as such. A chapel dedicated to St. Helen - mentioned 1429 - has now gone. An Anglian cross shaft was found near the well. It is of the Urnes style and dates from about 1100. It is now in West Marton Church [SD 8950]. (2-4) The Well, now dry and overgrown, has no associated masonry, and appears to have been a simple spring. There are no visible remains of the chapel, but the contour of the ground in the vicinity of the well, suggests a natural hillock at SE 45134583 as the probable site. The present location of the cross shaft was not verified. (5)

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Source details : OS 6", 1958.
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Source details : Archaeology of Nidderdale, pp. 60-61 (E.S. Wood)
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Source details : Historic Craven 1878, 240, plate (Whitaker).
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Source details : Late Saxon Antiquities 1949 pp 123-4 plate (T. Kendrick)
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Source details : F1 RWE 24-APR-63
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
Display Date : Circa 1100
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Monument Type : Cross
Evidence : Find

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Chapel documented in 1492
Monument End Date : 1492
Monument Start Date : 1492
Monument Type : Chapel, Holy Well
Evidence : Documentary Evidence, Subterranean Feature

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1901
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Chapel, Holy Well
Evidence : Uncertain Evidence, Subterranean Feature

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SE 44 NE 3
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1963-04-24
End Date : 1963-04-24

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Chapel And Well of St Helen