# Tewit Well

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{{Short description|Well and pavilion in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2024}}
thumb|right|Tewit Well on The Stray
'''Tewit Well''', also known in its early days as "Tuit" or "Tuewhit", is a [spa water](/source/Mineral_water) well, the first [chalybeate](/source/chalybeate) source discovered in [Harrogate](/source/Harrogate), [North Yorkshire](/source/North_Yorkshire), England.<ref name="Spadacrene Anglica"/>

==History==
After marrying Elizabeth Broad, William Slingsby (uncle of Sir [William Slingsby](/source/William_Slingsby))<ref name="Spadacrene Anglica">{{cite web | editor-first=James |editor-last=Rutherford |editor2-first=Alex |editor2-last=Butler | url=https://archive.org/details/spadacreneanglic00dean | title=Spadacrene Anglica or The English Spa Fountain | publisher=John Wright & Sons | work=SPADACRENE ANGLICA. or The English Spa Fountain. | date=1922 | accessdate=26 March 2015 | last=Deane|first= Edmund | page=9}}</ref> took his new wife on a [Grand Tour](/source/Grand_Tour) of [Europe](/source/Europe). In 1571,<ref>Spadacrene Angelica dated 1626 Edmond Deane chapter 6</ref> Slingsby discovered that water from a well in Knaresborough Forest, now called The Stray, public parkland in Harrogate, possessed similar properties to that at [Spa](/source/Spa%2C_Belgium) in Belgium. He named the well "Tewit", after a local word for [peewit or lapwing](/source/northern_lapwing), a bird which still frequently flocks on the Stray.

Tewit Well had fewer visitors than the wells in Low Harrogate, or even [St John's Well](/source/St_John's_Well) in High Harrogate, because of its distance from Victorian hotels and lodging houses. In 1842, the structure designed by [Thomas Chippendale](/source/Thomas_Chippendale) in 1807<ref>{{NHLE|num=1293847|desc=Tewit Well|accessdate=3 December 2024}}</ref> enclosing the [Royal Pump Room](/source/Royal_Pump_Room%2C_Harrogate), which sits over the Old Sulphur Well, was replaced by a new structure designed by Isaac Shutt for the Improvement Commissioners. The old structure was then moved to Tewit Well.<ref name="Historic England">{{NHLE|num=1149478 |desc=ROYAL PUMP ROOM MUSEUM| accessdate=26 March 2015}}</ref>

==Description==
The structure still stands on the edge of the Stray, known as Cherry Tree Walk as all the paths are lined on both sides with [cherry tree](/source/cherry_tree)s. It is a Grade II* listed building.<ref name="Historic England"/> It carries Harrogate's first [Brown Plaque](/source/Blue_plaque), which was designed in part by Harrogate historian [Malcolm Neesam](/source/Malcolm_Neesam) in 1971.<ref name="The Stray Ferret 31 March 2022" >{{cite news |last1=Barrett |first1=Thomas |title=Harrogate Club honours local historian Malcolm Neesam |url=https://thestrayferret.co.uk/harrogate-club-honours-historian-malcolm-neesam-by-naming-room-after-him/ |access-date=25 September 2022 |work=The [Stray Ferret](/source/Stray_Ferret) |date=31 March 2022}}</ref>

==Local recognition==
A local brass band, the Tewit Silver Band (and also its youth counterpart), is named after this landmark.{{Citation needed|date=March 2026}}

==See also==
*[Grade II* listed buildings in North Yorkshire (district)](/source/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_North_Yorkshire_(district))
*[Listed buildings in Harrogate (Stray Ward)](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Harrogate_(Stray_Ward))

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Buildings and structures in Harrogate
Category:Tourist attractions in Harrogate
Category:Springs of England
Category:Grade II* listed buildings in North Yorkshire
Category:Water wells in England

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