Keyne was a 5th-century holy woman and hermitess who was said to have travelled widely through what is now South Wales and Cornwall.
St Keyne's well, Cornwall
The Well of St Keyne; by Thomas Creswick
Plaque at St Keyne's well
Keynsham is a town and civil parish in the Bath and North East Somerset district of Somerset, England. It lies close to the south-eastern outskirts of the city of Bristol, on the A4 road that links Br
Keyne
…story was known in the Middle Ages, and was memorialized in Robert Southey's poem "The Well of St Keyne". Some sources credit her as the patron saint of Keynsham in Somerset, where she is said to have resided near the banks of the Avon, which was swarming with serpents and uninhabitable. After Saint Keyne issued…
High Street, Keynsham, on a busy day
Keynsham Riverside Centre panoramio
St John the Baptist, Keynsham
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