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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 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…
Wrexham

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…
Wrexham

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…
Flintshire

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…
Denbighshire

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…
Conwy

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…
Gwynedd

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…
Wrexham

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…

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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

Welsh History Sites

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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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