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…
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…
Conwy Ffynnon Gemig – St George’s Well, Llansansiôr, Abergele 18 Nov 20176 Apr 2022 St George's Well, Ffynnon Gemig, Ffynnon Gegidog or Ffynnon Lansansiôr (see note at the end on naming) is a well I've often intended to visit but until now never stopped…
Conwy Ffynnon Elian, Llanelian yn Rhos 11 Apr 201523 Jul 2017 Not in the mystic Elian’s grove, Did feather’d songsters sing of love, But birds of omen harbour’d there, And fill’d with brooding shrieks the air; The blasted trees so…
Conwy Ffynnon Eidda and Ysbyty Ifan 18 Jun 201421 Jun 2014 It is, perhaps, its location rather than any history or tradition that draws people to Ffynnon Eidda. Several correspondents recently have suggested that I visit and it always was on…
Conwy Ffynnon Fair, Llanfairfechan 3 Jan 20146 Jan 2014 Everything you read about Ffynnon Fair at Llanfairfechan seems to lead back to a single source. By the time it is described in Hughes and North’s Old Churches of Snowdonia…
Conwy Ffynnon Elen, Dolwyddelan 12 Nov 201311 Aug 2014 This post was originally written in November 2013, describing the well as it was found at the time. In June 2014 the vegetation surrounding the well was cleared and an…
Conwy Ffynnon Bedr. Llanbedr-y-cennin 12 Sep 201320 Dec 2019 Llanbedr-y-Cennin lies to the west side of the river Conwy, close to the site of the old Roman fort of Caerhun and under the shadow of the impressive Iron Age…
Conwy Ffynnon Fach, Crimea Pass, Dolwyddelan 24 Aug 201319 Dec 2016 (edit - October 2014, although this well still appears in the HER as Ffynnon Mihangel, we have adopted the more commonly accepted name of Ffynnon Fach as discussed in the…
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