Lost wells – Well Hopper

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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…

Ffynnon Faglan, Llanfaglan

27 Sep 201330 Oct 2013

Ffynnon Faglan, St Baglan’s Well, once stood overlooking the Menai Straits a couple of miles south of Caernarfon. It was a well to rival that of St Cybi at nearby…

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…

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…

Ffynnon Farchell, Denbigh

5 Mar 201312 Nov 2019

St Marcella's Well There are some wells high up in snow covered mountains, others lie in sun dappled, tree lined valleys. Some wells are so long forgotten that their location…

Conwy

Ffynnon y Saint, Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr

30 Dec 201226 Mar 2013

Saints Well From one Llanfihangel to another – because that’s how Wellhopper rolls. Today we visited Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr in search of Ffynnon y Saint – the Well of the…

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Ffynnon Drillo, Llansannan

26 Nov 201226 Mar 2013

St Trillo's Well Ffynnon Drillo is marked on the Ordnance Survey maps about a mile and a half to the south west of Llansannan village. This is also the sum…

Ffynnon Aelhaearn, Llanaelhaearn

2 Oct 20128 Sep 2014

St Aelhaearn's Well Ffynnon Aelhaearn is locked, very definitely closed for business.. A small stone building by the roadside out of Llanaelhaearn towards Nefyn proudly displays its name, but pilgrims…

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…