Conwy 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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