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Denbighshire

A Welsh Gretna Green?

3 Jul 202028 Jul 2020
  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…
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…
Anglesey

Ffynnon Gorlas Llaingoch, Holyhead

12 Oct 201913 Oct 2019
Meanwhile, we return to Ynys Cybi, St Cybi’s island or Holy Island.  Bingley in his 1798 Tour in Wales  notes that the dividing channel between Anglesey and Holy Island is…
Anglesey

Ffynnon Gyngar, Llangefni

28 Sep 201928 Sep 2019
Ffynnon Gyngar lies in The Dingle close to the church of St Cyngar in the centre of Llangefni. The Dingle is a landscaped valley through which the River Cefni flows.…
Gwynedd

Ffynnon y Gwaenydd, Chwilog, Llanystumdwy

10 Sep 2019
We have very little source material to draw on for the story of Ffynnon y Gwaenydd which appears to lie beside the Afon Wen as it flows through Cwilog near…
Anglesey

Ffynnon Cybi, Holyhead

19 Jul 201920 Jul 2019
Anglesey's wells seem to have a deep seated problem with transport planners. We have seen previously how, in the mid nineteenth century, Cybi's well at Clorach was seen as surplus…

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  • A Welsh Gretna Green?
  • Ffynhonnau Asa – Llannefydd and Eglwysbach
  • Ffynnon Dderfel, Llandderfel, Bala
  • Church Well, Gwalchmai
  • Well by Holy Rood Church, Ceirchiog, Bryngwran
  • Ffynnon y Galchog, Ruthin
  • Ffynnon Gorlas Llaingoch, Holyhead
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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

  • Early British Kingdoms
  • 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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