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Helen, Holbeck, Leeds. All these belonged to Holy Trinity, 
surely a large proportion with this dedication. 
I have sometimes thought that a tradition must have come 
down that S. Helen was in some way connected with the first 
Church which, as we have seen, was burnt down in 741. Did 
she live in the Palace where the old station now stands ? It is 
possible, and perhaps she used to attend Divine service at 
Holy Trinity ! At all events she afterwards left York, and we 
all, I suppose, know the story of her discovery of the True 
Cross. Perhaps not so many are aware that she also is said 
to have located the ancient Well of Sychar, and near it caused 
a Chiistian Chuich to be built. S. Helen’s Wells are common 
all over the country : Jacob’s Wells are rarer. Is it possible 
that in memory of S. Helen’s discovery of the Well of Sychar, 
the inteiestmg house in trinity Lane, formerly the residence 
of two Chantry Priests of Holy Trinity, received its name, 
“ Jacob’s Well,” the public hou se that ended its career as an 
Inn last April, and is destined, I trust, to he converted into 
“ Jacob’s Well ” Parish Room ? 
I should like to say before leaving S. Helen that I hope the 
present Vicar of Dringhouses will do all he can to remedy the 
mistake made when the present Church was built in 1849. 
At that time the old dedication was not known, and the new 
Church was called S. Edward the Confessor. But I have 
incontrovertible evidence that the old Church was named after 
our local saint. T he late Canon Raine was very strong on 
this subject of lost dedications. He said that in any case 
where the old dedication was lost, and afterwards discovered, 
it ought to be restored, unless there were some legal difficulty 
in the way. Unfortunately at Dringhouses the new name was 
given at the consecration of the present Church, but I believe 
that difficulty could be surmounted, and I hope it will, or at 
least that the old dedication will be joined on to the new, if it 
cannot be made to take its place. York used to be proud of 
her local Saint of Roman times, and she cannot afford to lose 
her. S. Helen’s, Fishergate, has gone; S. Helen’s-on-the- 
Walls is no more ; S. Helen’s, Dringhouses, has had to make 
way for a more modern Saint; S. Helen’s, Stonegate, is the 
only one that remains, and attempts have been made at various 
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