St Hilda's Well, in Churchyard to North of Church of St Hilda is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 October 1969. A Mediaeval Well.

St Hilda's Well, in Churchyard to North of Church of St Hilda

WRENN ID
grim-cellar-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North York Moors National Park
Constituency
Scarborough and Whitby MP: Alison Hume (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 October 1969
Type
Well
Address
St Hilda's Well, in Churchyard to North of Church of St Hilda, High Street, Hinderwell, North Yorkshire
OS grid reference
NZ 791 170
Coordinates
54.54255, -0.77858
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St Hilda's Well, located in the churchyard to the north of the Church of St Hilda, is probably a medieval structure. It features coursed, rusticated stone walls that support a flat slab roof above the spring. An inscription indicates it was restored by Hilda of Grimple Hall in 1912, although the rest of the inscription is illegible. According to legend, in the 7th century, St Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, prayed for water at this site, and the spring has been flowing ever since.

Local climate

St Hilda's Well, in Churchyard to North of Church of St Hilda receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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