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Currently the plaque says :-
“In the early nineteenth century Mr Joseph Brown piped water from this spring to a reservoir in the grounds of Whitby Abbey, to provide a clean and reliable water supply to the east side of Whitby”
Apparently a few years ago there was a different plaque. which read.
T’awd Abba Well
Also known as the old Boiling Well
Lang centuries aback
This wor’t awd Abba Well
Saint Hilda veiled i’ black
Lang centuries aback
Supped frey it an no lack
All t sisterhood as well
Lang centuries aback
This wor’t awd Abba Well
Not the best photos in the world, as I only had a mobile phone with me.
Update January 2009
Sheila Welch has kindly provided some slides of the well taken in the 1970s by her father George Towndrow, these show the original plaque still in place.
Well I never.
I have 2 slides of the Well taken in the ’70s. One is a close up of the old inscription. Happy to post them to you if contact me…