I'm giving the finishing touches to a huge book about all the old wells in
Elmet - an old Yorkshire kingdom - and need assistance with a persistent
title.
We have an unduly high number of "Jacob Wells" in the region, most of them
with little information about them. Does anyone know of other Jacob Wells
in the UK, with atendant lore? Can anyone help with identifying the nature
of this localised clump of such wells? If they are not simply named after a
local chap called Jacob (most don't seem to be), could it relate to Masonic
stuff, or attached to Paulinus, who travelled through Elmet? Help!
Paul B.
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