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This is a bit of a walk from the town centre but it is still within the boundries. But where is it and, more importantly, what is it?

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Nice one Bob! Aint's a clue! Its obviously some very old stone, with writing on. My shot in the dark guess is ..... somewhere up Green Haworth!

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Nope. Try looking towards the east.

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Is it up the Coppice? Sure I've seen something similar up there when I've been out with the dog. Have no idea what it is though..

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Closer, but you need to go a bit further east. Perhaps 'The King's Highway' might help.

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Huncoat Stocks?

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This is a tough one Bob......offhand, it could be several things. it's obviously a large, flat, heavily-weathered stone, with inscription at an angle to the rectangular, resting in a grassy area and possibly covering a hollow of some form underneath..

1) A ripped-out milestone........but I doubt it. the lettering would be to the vertical, given the stone would be half set in the ground.

2) An old gravestone...........no, lettering wrong again.

3) Possibly a covering for a well.....and the writing suggests it could say "Mary Hug? Well"....(but my eyesights knackered, so I can't be sure)...I'd plumb for something like this.

Where it is, I have'nt a clue.............it's definatly not in Church so it must be over the far east of Accy somewhere.

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Hmmm.. I'm not so sure that is an 'official' inscription. Looks more like graffiti to me....?

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I'm more convinced it could be a well (just forgetting the inscription).....the type of grass surrounding the stone is the sort that does grow in the vicuinity of a pond or a stream..

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Hey. Tealeaf! You could have given a clue there. Are you listening Bob? IS IT SOMETHING TO DO WITH MARY HOYLE'S WELL??

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i wondered if it was a "moggy" grave

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I must admit, I've never heard of "Mary Hoyles Well"....but if it's for real, then I now suspect that this is it...the stone covers a spring outlet to stop any animals soiling the water....there's definatly a hollow underneath which I suspect would have been larger at some point in time.

Who was Mary Hoyle, anyway?

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Not up Hapton way is it?

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Inscription looks more like :-
MARY
HOLY
WELL
It looks like a spring coming from them thar hills.
If it is a spring then I would expect to see barbed wire for protection, rather than blue netting.

Without the aid of a safety net, a map or having lived in the area....could it be the source for the Hyndburn ?

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Ok, Ok. I reckon Tealeaf and Weary Tourist have to share the points on this one.
The Object is a well covering, The inscription does read 'Mary's Holy Well' The location is on the side of Hamildon near The King's Highway. Apparently it was the focus of May Day processions and, believe it or not, pilgrimages in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, hence it's name of 'May Road Well'. I do not think any miraculous cures were recorded though. The spring which rises here has lost a lot of it's force in the last seventy years as a result of drainage work on the hillside.