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Category: Denbighshire

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…
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…
Denbighshire

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…
Denbighshire

Ffynnon Farchell, Denbigh

5 Mar 201312 Nov 2019
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…
Denbighshire

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,…
Denbighshire

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…
Denbighshire

Ffynnon Fair, Cefn Meiriadog

26 Feb 20129 Jul 2020
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…
Denbighshire

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…
Denbighshire

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…
Denbighshire

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…

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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

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  • The Northern Antiquarian

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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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