Therefore all my nephews & kindred may know
I have given them small legacy to doe him good
In Witness.... etc.
In "Spadacrene Anglica" Deane mentions that "out of the divers fountains
springing hereabouts" five are worthy the observation of physicians.
These are--
1.--The Dropping Well.
2.--The Sulphur Well at Bilton Park.
3.--The Sulphur Well near Knaresborough.
4.--The Sulphur Well at "Haregate head."
5.--The Tuewhit Well, or The English Spaw.
The number of springs worthy the observation of physicians has largely
increased and the relative importance of the five mentioned has altered
considerably since Deane wrote. But in 1626, The Tuewhit Well, or The
English Spaw, was regarded as the most worthy of fame. This well,
according to the later writers, was discovered by Captain (afterwards
Sir) William Slingsby:--in Chapter 6 of "Spadacrene Anglica," however, a
Mr. William Slingsby is given as the discoverer.
"The first discoverer of it to have any medicinall quality (so far
forth as I can learn), was one Mr. William Slingesby, a Gentleman
of many good parts, of an ancient and worthy Family neere thereby:
who having travelled in his younger time, was throughly acquainted
with the taste, use, and faculties of the two Spaw fountaines.
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