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By 1925 Holywell had acquired a pantiled tea room, the Holywell Tea Chalet, with a loggia and tables on the lawns.

This is St Cleer's Holy Well in the village named after him. The well is protected by the picturesque 15th-century chapel erected over it.

This is St Cleer's Holy Well in the village named after him. The well is protected by the picturesque 15th-century baptistry erected over it.

This is St Cleer's Holy Well in the village named after him. The well is protected by the picturesque 15th-century baptistry erected over it.

Pilgrims seeking their curative powers have long venerated the healing properties of sacred wells. Early Christians would drink or even immerse themselves in 'holy' water.

Pilgrims seeking their curative powers have long venerated the healing properties of sacred wells. Early Christians would drink or even immerse themselves in 'holy' water.

Pilgrim's seeking their curative powers have long venerated the healing properties of sacred wells. Early Christians would drink or even immerse themselves in 'holy' water.

In medieval times each holy well was believed to be protected by a saint, and many were named accordingly, e.g. St Anne's Well.

Sir Henry Thompson, son of a vice admiral and curate of the parish church of St Peter and St Paul, helped to found Holy Trinity Church in West Street, as well as church schools in Park Lane and Fontley

The Holy Well is probably the oldest known well on the Edge.

The chapel and holy well of St Maudiz, a Breton saint, gave the town its name.

Sir Henry Thompson, son of a vice admiral and curate of the parish church of St Peter and St Paul, helped to found Holy Trinity Church in West Street, as well as church schools in Park Lane and Fontley

This remarkable triangular building was erected for the Roman Catholic enthusiast Sir Thomas Tresham in the 1590s as a physical manifestation of the Holy Trinity.

Close by are the Trevethy Stones - a tipsy cromlech supported by six mighty uprights - and a celebrated Cornish cross and holy well, whose trickling waters were said to have special powers to cure madness

These springs were old holy wells. For every town that made it as a spa, ten failed. Cannock didn't make it.

The red-brick village school with its bell-tower and half-tiled gables was built on the main road between Ashford and Royal Tunbridge Wells during the late 19th century, adjoining the churchyard of Holy

Situated a few miles south-east of Holywell, Halkyn is not really a castle but a castellated country house, one of a number once owned by the Dukes of Westminster.

Holywell Street presents a rather pleasant picture of 20th-century half-timbered revival buildings, some of which would not appear out of place in Chester.

The name of this house, Llys, or court, of Meirchion, possibly indicates that this was the site of the home of Meirchion Gul, ancestor of St Winifride of Holywell fame.

All that is left today is a tantalising ruin in the grounds of Walsingham Abbey, with fragments of wall and window and two old wishing wells.

The Church of the Holy Saviour was built between 1876 and 1880 with money raised by the Phipps family, who had been connected to the woollen industry since the 17th century.

This peaceful view looks up Holywell Hill towards the city centre, as it dips towards the river and the curative spring from which it takes its name, with, on the right, one of the fine Georgian houses

Nearby is the small St Swithin's holy well.

These springs were old holy wells. For every town that made it as a spa, ten failed. Cannock didn't make it.