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Holywell, St Winefride's Well

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 102417
Trust : Clwyd Powys
Community : Holywell
Unitary authority : Flintshire
NGR : SJ1850876269
Site Type (preferred type first) : MEDIEVAL HOLY WELL
Status : state care , listed building I, scheduled monument

Summary :
Polygonal chapel and well chamber reputed to have been built in the early 16th century.

Description :
Polygonal chapel and well chamber reputed to have been built in the early 16th century. It contains fine architectural features with elaborate roof vaulting. Classified as elaborate perpendicular.

Watching brief in 1994 identified brick walls which are thought to be the remains of St Winefride's Brewery (Morgan, D 1994d, 65). (See PRN 23288).

Watching brief in 1999 (PRN 38273). (Jones and Owen, 1999)

Sources :
Ancient Monuments Board for Wales , 1998 , Annual Report
Anon , 1947 , title unknown - Holywell, St Winefride's Well
Anon , 1957 , title unknown - Holywell, St Winefride's Well
Burnham, H., 1995 , A Guide to Ancient and Historic Wales: Clwyd and Powys
Cadw , 1986 , Cadw Field Monument Wardens Report - Fl101(FLT)
Cadw , 2000 , Database of Listed Buildings in Wales
Cadw , 2003 , Cadw Field Monument Wardens Report - Fl101(FLT)
Cadw , 2016 , Database of Listed Buildings in Wales ( © Cadw)
Charles-Edwards, T , nd , Saint Winefride and Her Well
Clwyd Archaeology Service , Photograph of Holywell, St Winefride's Well
Clwyd Archaeology Service , 1979 , Site visit record - PRN102417
Clwyd Fine Arts Trust , nd , The Artist's Journey through North Wales: Clwyd
David, C , 1971 , title unknown - Holywell, St Winefride's Well
Davies, J , 1999 , The Making of Wales
Glynne, S R , 1884 , Notes on the older churches in the four Welsh dioceses , Archaeologia Cambrensis : 1 : 81-104,169-
Hussey, C , 1929 , title unknown - Holywell, St Winefride's Well
Jones, N W & Owen, W G , 1999 , St Winefride's Well, Holywell, Flintshire: archaeological watching brief ( © Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust)
Lott, Graham and Barclay, Bill , 2002 , Geology and building stones in Wales (north) / Daeareg a cherrig adeiladu yng Nghymru (y gogledd)
Morgan, D , 1994 , St Winefride's Wells, Holywell , Archaeology in Wales : 34 : 65
National Monument Record of Wales , NMR Index
Ordnance Survey , 1960 , OS record card SJ 17 NE 34
Pennant, T., 1796 , The History of the Parishes of Whiteford and Holywell
Rees, S E , 1997 , Historical and Cultural Importance of Ponds , Aquatic Conservation : 7.2 : 133-139
Roberts, Enid , 2001 , The Impact of the Cistercians on Welsh Life and Culture in North and Mid Wales , Transactions of the Denbighshire Historical Society : 50 : 13-23
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales , 1912 , Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouth II - County of Flintshire
Taylor, A J & Hughes, H , 1947 , Basingwerk abbey , Archaeologia Cambrensis : 1 : 322-3
The Handley Partnership , 2014ff , HAAbase built heritage assessment system: Buildings at Risk database
Thomas, D R , 1911 , History of the Diocese of St Asaph. Volume 2.2
Williams, Glanmor , 2003 , St. Winifred's Well: Ffynnon Wenfrewi , Flintshire Historical Society Journal : 36 : 32-58

Events :
23288 : Holywell, St Winefride's Well, watching brief 1994 (year : 1994)
38273 : Holywell, St Winefride's Well, watching brief 1999 (year : 1999)

Related records
Handley Partnership: HAA Buildings at Risk Database 426_1 http://haabase.com/buildingdetails.php/?BARURN2=426_1

Compiled date : 31-10-1990


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April 1, 2025, 7:53 am - File produced for Archwilio from CPAT's Regional HER.
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