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Tag: Ffynnon Fair

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…
Gwynedd

Ffynnon Fair, Llanfair-is-gaer

7 Jan 20172 Jan 2020
Note that this post predates the start of construction of the Caernarfon Bypass. This well lies very close to the route of the bypass and the fate of the well…
Gwynedd

Ffynnon Fair, Llanfair

19 Sep 201519 Sep 2015
From the coast at Llanfair, south of Harlech, St Mary decided to walk across the hills towards Hafod-y-llyn. On her journey she became thirsty and stopped to drink from a…
Gwynedd

Ffynnon Fair, Dolgellau

16 Sep 201512 Mar 2021
Ffynnon Fair, St Mary's Well, lies fairly close to the town centre in Dolgellau. To find it follow Cader Street out of Eldon Square and then turn left up a…
Gwynedd

Ffynnon Fair, Maentwrog

13 Jun 201514 Jun 2015
The village of Maentwrog, beside the road from Ffestiniog to Porthmadog is a place of steep steps and slopes, a village where, in places, it seems that you look out…
Conwy

Ffynnon Fair, Llanfairfechan

3 Jan 20146 Jan 2014
Everything you read about Ffynnon Fair at Llanfairfechan seems to lead back to a single source. By the time it is described in Hughes and North’s Old Churches of Snowdonia…
Gwynedd

Ffynnon Fair, Bryncroes

24 Sep 201226 Mar 2013
St Mary's Well Ffynnon Fair lies at the centre of the small community of Bryncroes close to Bottwnog towards the tip of the Lleyn peninsula. So central indeed that we…
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…
Conwy

St Mary’s Well, Llanrhos

1 Jan 201218 May 2020
Llanrhos's St Mary's Well ( Ffynnnon Fair) lies within about 100 yards of St Hilary's Parish Church, Llanrhos, which is easily missed these days as you drive up the A470…
Denbighshire

St Mary’s Well, Gallt Melyd (Meliden)

28 Dec 20118 Mar 2017
St Mary's Well / St Melyd's Well, I was tempted to say "so good they named it twice", but I think that's probably pushing things a little to far. It…

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  • 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
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  • 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

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