Denbighshire – Well Hopper

Henllan

30 May 201410 Jun 2014

It is some three years since we visited Henllan to find Ffynnon Wen, what would appear to have been an eighteenth century bathing house on the banks of the river…

Ffynnon Farchell, Denbigh

5 Mar 201326 Mar 2013

St Marcella's Well There are some wells high up in snow covered mountains, others lie in sun dappled, tree lined valleys. Some wells are so long forgotten that their location…

Ffynnon Ifan, Cerrigydrudion

8 Jun 201212 Mar 2013

Ffynnon Ifan lies on the slopes of Mynydd Hiraethog, on the path from Cefn Brith to the Alwen Reservoir above Cerrigydrudion. It is clearly marked on the current OS maps,…

Ffynnon Beuno, Gwyddelwern

28 Feb 201226 Mar 2013

St Beuno's Well Beuno seems to have been one of Wales’ most peripatetic of saints, travelling the length and breadth of the country practising his particular speciality of replacing severed…

Ffynnon Fair, Cefn Meiriadog

26 Feb 201215 Apr 2019

Please note : I have recently had contact from the owners of the well. They have had considerable problems with gates being left open and livestock being endangered and have…

Ffynnon Sulien, Corwen

16 Feb 201213 Jun 2014

St Sulien's Well So after visiting Cwm, and the church and well dedicated to the saints Sulien and Mael, it was purely by coincidence that the following week we headed up…

Vicarage Spring and Ffynnon Bwbach, Cwm

14 Feb 201212 Mar 2013

Cwm, near Dyserth could be a well hunter’s paradise, it is claimed that there are around 127 in the parish, although few are named and have any tradition attached. We…

Ffynnon Asa, Cwm

6 Feb 201230 Jul 2018

There must have been a time when Ffynnon Asa, one of several wells in the area dedicated to St Asaph, was as spectacular as other local wells such as St Winefride's…

Ffynnon Cilhaul, Cwm

31 Jan 201212 Mar 2013

Ffynnon Cilhaul lies in woodland by the side of a lane a couple of hundred yards to the south of Cwm village. The spring is at the end of a…

St Mary’s Well, Gallt Melyd (Meliden)

28 Dec 20118 Mar 2017

St Mary's Well / St Melyd's Well, I was tempted to say "so good they named it twice", but I think that's probably pushing things a little to far. It…