St Alkelda’s Well, Middleham

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2 Responses

  1. Ian Topham says:

    Re: St Alkelda’s Well, Middleham
    I have come across an account stating that the well does not run following the building of the school to the south of it.

  2. Mauro says:

    Re: St Alkelda’s Well, Middleham
    Very little is known about St Alkelda’s life. Chronicles are very vague and apart from her martyrdom all we know is that her body was thrown in the well now bearing her name.
    Since the Saxon word for holy well is Haeligkeld many believe her story to be a much later invention.