Flintshire Ffynnon y Gweithiwr, Cilcain 16 Apr 20198 Nov 2019 I have just finished reading Tristan Gray Hulse's fascinating in depth study of Ffynnon Lleinw near Cilcain, Flintshire which has been serialised over the last few months in the In Search…
Flintshire Deborah’s Well, Gwernaffield 6 Jan 2015 We launch into 2015 with an oddity, a well that failed to cure. Deborah’s Well lies by the side of the road to Cadole from Gwernaffield, just to the west…
Flintshire Ffynnon Beuno, Tremeirchion 7 May 201430 Aug 2015 Another Beuno’s Well, this time at Tremeirchion which lies a mile or so to the north of Bodfari, between the A55 and A541 and sitting directly on the pilgrims’ trail…
Flintshire St Mary’s Well, Bodrhyddan Hall, Rhuddlan 9 Aug 201310 Aug 2013 Rhuddlan’s St Mary's Well lies in the grounds of Bodrhyddan Hall, a mile or so to the east of the town. The well sits virtually on the boundary between Rhuddlan…
Flintshire St Beuno’s Well, Holywell 19 Jun 201326 Jun 2016 There are days when you begin to imagine that St Beuno was in the franchise business. His wells seem to have branches everywhere, from Gwyddelwern to Clynnog, from Bala to…
Flintshire Ffynnon Ddeier, Bodfari 5 Apr 20135 Apr 2013 We saw how St Marcella’s Well at Denbigh suffered the indignity of being buried beneath a traffic roundabout, in a neighbouring parish her brother’s well has fared little better. Once…
Flintshire Ffynnon Wen, Gwaenysgor 3 Apr 201326 May 2015 Ffynnon Wen lies in the shadow of Gop Cairn, a massive hilltop prehistoric mound between the villages of Gwaenysgor and Trelawnyd a little to the east of Prestatyn. The mound, and…
Flintshire St Winefride’s Well, Holywell 22 Jun 201219 Jun 2013 It would not be possible to keep a blog on the holy wells of North Wales without reference to St Winefride’s Well at Holywell; however it would be difficult to say anything new…
Flintshire Ffynnon Sarah, Nannerch 15 May 201212 Mar 2013 I'm afraid that whilst this post may be heavy in pictures it will be necessarily exceedlingly light in text. Ffynnon Sarah has appeared on all the maps of Nannerch, at…
Flintshire Goblins’ Well, Mold 8 Mar 20129 Apr 2017 Goblins Well, which was once found about a mile to the west of Mold, is another well with a long history that is sadly now lost to us, finally having…