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Flintshire

Ffynnon Wyryd, Caerwys

23 Jan 201212 Mar 2013
It's very difficult to get excited about Ffynnon Wyryd, It's one of those wells that you have to see, to tick off because it's on the list; but why it's…
Flintshire

Ffynnon Barris, Hope

20 Nov 201128 Mar 2013
Ffynnon Barris at Hope is generally known as the Pigeon House Well, being close to Pigeon House Farm. It merits a mention as Ffynnon Barris in Lhuyd (1699) and in…
Flintshire

St Michael’s Well, Cilcain

14 Nov 201112 Mar 2013
From documentation on the internet it appears that there was a concerted effort to restore Cilcain's St Michaels Well (Ffynnon Mihangel) during the late 1990s and the early part of…
Flintshire

Ffynnon Fair, Ysceifiog

1 Nov 201112 Mar 2013
There are, apparently,  some seven or eight Ffynnonau Fair, St Mary's Wells, in Flintshire. So after hunting around for one at Halkyn we drove on a short distance to Ysceifiog…
Flintshire

St Mary’s Well, Halkyn

31 Oct 201112 Mar 2013
We expected our visit to Halkyn to be brief and unsuccessful, but it turned out that we spent well over an hour wandering around this fascinating and haunting location. Halkyn…
Flintshire

St Oswald’s Well, Whitford

14 Jun 201112 Mar 2013
St Oswald's Well (Ffynnon Oswallt) at Whitford, Flintshire is now hidden behind a brick construction. The well is in the side of a bank adjacent to Mertyn Cottage. We first visited…
Flintshire

St Michael’s Well, Caerwys

3 Jun 20118 Apr 2013
St Michael’s Well is the sacred well of the Caerwys Church, also dedicated to St Michael. It was described in 1912 as " A natural basin of limestone, about 12…
Flintshire

Ffynnon Leinw, Cilcain

1 Jun 201112 Mar 2013
Ffynnon Leinw was noted as a tidal well in which the water ebbed and flowed on a regular basis. The name Leinw is supposedly derived from the Welsh Llanw meaning…

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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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