Gateshead, St. Elyn's Well
Gateshead, St. Elyn's Well
HER Number
706
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Gateshead, St. Elyn's Well
Place
Gateshead
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Site Type: Broad
Water Storage Site
Site Type: Specific
Well
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Two mentions of this well have been recorded: "a tenement in Gateshead lay between the land of Gilbert the weaver and the vennel leading to St. Elyn's Well" (1324); "St. Helen's Well Crofeet" (1356).
Easting
424000
Northing
563000
Grid Reference
NZ424000563000
Sources
<< HER 706 >> R. Welford, 1884, History of Newcastle and Gateshead, I, pp. 62, 147
Rev. P.B.G. Binnall & M.H. Dodds, 1947, Holy Wells in Northumberland and Durham,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, X (for 1942-46), p. 82
Rev. P.B.G. Binnall & M.H. Dodds, 1947, Holy Wells in Northumberland and Durham,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, X (for 1942-46), p. 82