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WELL, I NEVER…

The year is about 1820 and William Butterfield is walking up, in the pre-dawn, to his work at Ilkley. He owns the White Wells, the springs on the edge of the moorland, which are believed to have healing qualities. Ilkley folk and, increasingly, health

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