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White Ladies and other ghosts around wells

Wells in Literature – literary mentions of the wells of North Wales

Chalybeate springs – towards a gazetteer to the chalybeate and mineral springs of North Wales

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Latest additions

  • Well by Holy Rood Church, Ceirchiog, Bryngwran
  • Ffynnon y Galchog, Ruthin
  • Ffynnon Gorlas Llaingoch, Holyhead
  • Ffynnon Gyngar, Llangefni
  • Ffynnon y Gwaenydd, Chwilog, Llanystumdwy
  • Ffynnon Cybi, Holyhead
  • Book Review – The Living Wells of Wales by Phil Cope
  • Ffynnon y Gweithiwr, Cilcain

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There are also full indices by county and Saints name at the foot of the page

See the Links and Reference pages for links to main sources.

 

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

  • Archaedeath Archaeology, Mortality & Material Culture
  • Esmeralda's Cumbrian History
  • The Gothic Heroine
  • The Northern Antiquarian

Welsh History Sites

  • Early British Kingdoms
  • 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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