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St Winefride’s Well, Wales
Plessington House, Greenfield St, Holywell CH8 7PN, United Kingdom.
WEB SITE https://www.stwinefrideswell.org.uk
RELIGIONS Catholic
DESCRIPTION OF THE RELIGIOUS SITE
DESCRIPTION
St Winefride's or Winifred's Well is a well located in Holywell, Flintshire, in Wales. It claims to be the oldest continually visited pilgrimage site in Great Britain and is a grade I listed building.nnThe healing waters have been said to cause miraculous cures. Pilgrims & Visitors are welcome to participate in the rite of bathing in the holy waters during advertised times.nnThe well is known as "the Lourdes of Wales" and is mentioned in an old rhyme as one of the Seven Wonders of Wales.
HISTORICAL RELEVANCE
The legend of Saint Winifred tells how, in AD 660, Caradoc, the son of a local prince, severed the head of the young Winifred after she spurned his advances. A spring rose from the ground at the spot where her head fell and she was later restored to life by her uncle, Saint Beuno.nnA shrine was established in Shrewsbury around 1138, it and St. Winefride's Well (from her name's Latin spelling) became important pilgrimage destinations.nRichard I visited the site in 1189 to pray for the success of his crusade, and Henry V was said by Adam of Usk to have travelled there on foot from Shrewsbury in 1416.nnIn the late 15th century, Lady Margaret Beaufort had built a chapel overlooking the well, which now opens onto a pool where visitors may bathe.nnSome of the structures at the well date from the reign of King Henry VII or earlier. Later, King Henry VIII caused the shrine and saintly relics to be destroyed, but some have been recovered to be housed at Shrewsbury and Holywell.nnIn the 17th century the well became known as a symbol of the survival of Catholic recusancy in Wales.[7] From early in their mission to England, the Jesuits supported the well. In 1605, many of those involved with the Gunpowder plot visited it with Father Edward Oldcorne to give thanks for his deliverance from cancer, or as some said, to plan the plot.nnJames II is known to have visited the well with his wife Mary of Modena during 1686, after several failed attempts to produce an heir to the throne. Shortly after this visit, Mary became pregnant with a son, James.nnPrincess Victoria, staying in Holywell with her uncle King Leopold of Belgium, visited the Well in 1828.
INTER-RELIGIOUS RELEVANCE
St Winefride’s Well has welcomes visitors and pilgrims for over 1300 years. All are welcome.
RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE
St. Winefride’s Well Shrine is the responsibility of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wrexham.
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