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Ffynnon Nefydd, Llannefydd

11 Mar 202314 Mar 2023
The parish and well at Llanneydd are named today for St Nefydd. As with so many of these local saints we are looking back to a time before written accounts,…
Conwy

Ffynnon y Fuwch Frech

1 Mar 202223 Jan 2023
Ffynnon y Fuwch Frech – the well of the freckled or speckled cow, in Henllan parish, was first recorded under this name in the late 17th century in Edward Lhuyd’s…
Wrexham

Ffynnon Fair – Penycae

5 Feb 20226 Feb 2022
At the outset there seems no reason why the Ffynnon Fair (St Mary’s Well) at Penycae, near Wrexham, should be where it is - quite distant from any settlement. Indeed,…
Gwynedd

In search of Ffynnon Chwerthin, Llanberis

24 Oct 20217 Nov 2021
Ffynnon Chwerthin – the Laughing Well – was described by Myrddin Fardd (John Jones) in his Llên Gwerin Sir Gaernarfon (Folklore of Caernarfonshire) in 1908. He described a well near…
Denbighshire

A Welsh Gretna Green?

3 Jul 20203 May 2021
Ffynnon Fair (St Mary’s Well) at Wigfair, south of St Asaph, lies in open countryside in the broad valley of the River Elwy. Beside it lie the remains of a…
Conwy

Ffynhonnau Asa – Llannefydd and Eglwysbach

4 Jun 20205 Jun 2020
Two wells for St Asaph in Conwy This will have to be my lock down post, we are still staying alert and travel within Wales is still limited to a…
Gwynedd

Ffynnon Dderfel, Llandderfel, Bala

27 Mar 20202 Jun 2020
I have visited this well three or four times now but never, until now, managed to write down anything about it. I suppose I  never fully managed to establish what…
Anglesey

Church Well, Gwalchmai

1 Feb 20205 Feb 2020
The greatest bonus of posting about wells on the blog is the feedback I receive, particularly when it brings new information and new wells. Responses I had following writing my…
Anglesey

Well by Holy Rood Church, Ceirchiog, Bryngwran

16 Nov 201916 Nov 2019
Without its history a holy well is just a well. It is generally supposed that the formal use of holy wells ended towards the end of the sixteenth century with…
Denbighshire

Ffynnon y Galchog, Ruthin

3 Nov 201911 Nov 2019
A small waterfall – Pistyll y Galchog -  which tumbles to the roadside, disappearing into a culvert, part of which is diverted through an old metal pipe into a roadside…

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  • Ffynnon Nefydd, Llannefydd
  • Ffynnon y Fuwch Frech
  • Ffynnon Fair – Penycae
  • In search of Ffynnon Chwerthin, Llanberis
  • A Welsh Gretna Green?
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Below are links to some other favourite holy well blogs and other useful and interesting websites.

Holy Wells - Other Links

  • Holy Wells of Cork Blog dedicated to visiting the 300+ holy wells in Co. Cork
  • In Search of Holy Wells and Healing Springs Excellent blog covering in detail wells in central and Southern England
  • Isle of Man Holy Wells project facebook page
  • Isle of Man Wells
  • James Rattue's Holy Wells Site
  • Megalithic Portal – Welsh Holy Wells
  • Pilgrimage in Medieval Ireland Covers many wells in Ireland along with other sites of pilgrimage

More Useful Links

  • Bardsey Island Trust
  • Curious Travellers Journals of romantic Period Travellers in Wales
  • Cymdeithas Ffynhonnau Cymru website of Welsh Wells Society
  • Friends of Friendless Churches A charity devoted to preserving disused churches
  • North Wales Pilgrims Way Website for the Pilgrims’ Way route from Holywell to Bardsey
  • Pilgrim: Early Western Saints A blog devoted to exploring the lives of the early British and other western saints
  • Saints and Stones Pilgrimage routes in South Wales
  • Seintiau – Welsh Saints Project under development at present – research on Welsh saints lives
  • The Ancient Yew Group

Some of my favourite blogs

  • Archaedeath Archaeology, Mortality & Material Culture
  • Esmeralda's Cumbrian History
  • The Gothic Heroine
  • The Northern Antiquarian

Welsh History Sites

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  • Friends of Llys Rhosyr Llys Rhosyr, Newborough, Anglesey
  • History of Brymbo Township
  • The Castles of Wales
  • The Cistercian Way walking trails following Welsh pilgrim routes

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