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Maiden’s Well, Glendevon, Perthshire
Healing Well: OS Grid Reference – NN 9703 0139 Also Known as: 1. Maiden Well Getting Here Follow the same directions as if you’re going to the Maiden Castle fairy hill. About 100 yards before reaching the hill, on the … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Perthshire
Tagged shamanism, healing, folklore, Archaeology, water, antiquities, antiquarian, legends, sacred springs, Scotland, Holy Wells, faerie, fairies, little people, ghosts, traditions, Perthshire, mountains, Ochils, superstitions, Clackmannanshire, Scottish, curses, Dollar, heritage, Glendevon, folktales, hauntings
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Sweet Willy Well, Wrose, Shipley, West Yorkshire
Healing Well: OS Grid Reference – SE 16561 36440 Also Known as: Lin Well Silver Stream Sugar Stream Getting Here Whether you’re coming here from Wrose or Eccleshill, go along Wrose Road and turn down Livingstone Road at the traffic … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West
Tagged Airedale, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bolton Woods, Bradford, earth mysteries, Eccleshill, healing, heritage, Holy Wells, Idle, sacred sites, sacred springs, shipley, water, West Yorkshire, Wrose
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St. Helen’s Well, Thorp Arch, West Yorkshire
Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – SE 451 458 Getting Here The well is all dried up today, but its remains are about 200 yards north of the river Wharfe. Sam Brewster (1980) told the easiest way to find it: … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West
Tagged Boston Spa, Catholicism, christianity, folklore, hagiology, healing, Holy Wells, hydromancy, legends, medieval history, Newton Kyme, paganism, sacred springs, saints, spirits, St. Helen, Thorp Arch, Walton, water, West Yorkshire, Wetherby, Wharfedale, wishing wells, witchcraft, worship
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St Winefride’s Well, Holywell, Flintshire.
Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – SJ 185 763 Also Known as: Ffynnon Gwenfrewi St. Winifred’s Well Getting Here From the Chester ring road head into north Wales along the coast road (A548) from Connah’s Quay for about 13 miles … Continue reading
Posted in Flintshire, Holy Wells, Wales
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Catholicism, christianity, christians, earth mysteries, Flintshire, folklore, hagiology, healing, Holy Wells, Holywell, hydromancy, legends, sacred sites, sacred springs, saints, Wales, water
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Dissenters Well, Kelbrook, Earby, Lancashire
Healing Well: OS Grid Reference – SD 92104 43179 Getting Here From Kelbrook village head south past Old Stone Trough then continue as far as the lane goes. Then head eastwards for about 1 mile on footpaths to a building … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Lancashire
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, church history, Earby, healing wells, Holy Wells, hydromancy, Kelbrook, Lancashire, medieval history, sacred sites, sacred springs, water
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Peg o’ Nell’s Well, Clitheroe, Lancashire
Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference – SD 734 426 Also Known as: St. Margaret’s Well Getting Here The well is located in the grounds of Waddow Hall close by Brungerley Bridge, near Waddington, in the Ribble Valley. The hall is … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Lancashire
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, christianity, Clitheroe, elementals, folklore, ghosts, hagiography, hagiology, Holy Wells, hydromancy, Lancashire, legends, medieval history, nature spirits, paganism, Ribble, sacred sites, sacred springs, Waddington, water
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Our Lady’s Well, Fernyhalgh, Preston, Lancashire
Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – SD 555 335 Getting Here The well can be reached along a narrow country lane to the east of the A6 road, some 3-4 miles north of Preston. Fernyhalgh is a tiny hamlet between … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Lancashire
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, christianity, churches, Fernyhalgh, Fulwood, Grimsargh, hagiography, hagiology, Haighton Green, Holy Wells, Lancashire, medieval history, Preston, sacred sites, sacred springs, water
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St. Oswald’s Well, Winwick, Cheshire
Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – SJ 607 941 Folklore In the old Hundred of West Derby in what was once Lancashire (them there political types shifting boundaries for their own greasy deeds) still remains to this day the trickling … Continue reading
Posted in Cheshire, Holy Wells
Tagged Cheshire, christianity, folklore, healing, holy water, Holy Wells, King Oswald, Lancashire, Lowton, medieval history, miracles, Newton-le-Willows, paganism, sacred sites, sacred springs, saints, Winwick
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