Wrexham – Well Hopper

White Well, Whitewell

5 Aug 20139 Aug 2013

When a whole community, however small, is named after a well, then it is a great shame that the well can be allowed to be lost so easily. It does…

St Chad’s Well, Hanmer

23 Jul 20139 Aug 2013

We’re close to the English border here and Chad is an English saint rather than Welsh, having a wide scattering of churches and wells dedicated to him across England; even still…

Ffynnon Ddeuno, Broughton

22 Mar 201212 Mar 2013

Ffynnon Ddeuno stood on the Gatewen Estate near Broughton until it vanished from view under the spoil heap from a nearby coalmine. The name of the well, or at least…

All Saints and St Catherine’s Wells, Gresford

19 Mar 201229 Sep 2019

“Pistyll Rhaeadr and Wrexham steeple Snowdon’s mountain without its people, Overton Yew trees, St Winefred’s Well, Llangollen Bridge and Gresford bells Although Gresford's bells may remain one of the seven…

St Peter’s Well, Rossett

1 Aug 201112 Apr 2014

There could be those who don't want you to visit St Peter's Well at Rossett. It may not be protected by a strange force field or guarded by a secret society…