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:
C14

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:
2400

Northing:
6300

Grid Reference:
NZ24006300

Lats/Lons:

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