Saint Winifred
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Saint Winifred was a Welsh virgin martyr of the 7th century. Her story was celebrated as early as the 8th century, but became popular in England in the 12th, when her hagiography was first written dow
Stained glass depiction of Winifred, designed by William Burges, at Castell Coch, Cardiff
Stained glass window depicting the martyrdom of Winefride (by Margaret Agnes Rope, west window, Shrewsbury Cathedral, 1910)
St Winefride's Well in Holywell, one of the oldest continually visited pilgrimage sites in Britain
St Winifred's Well, a 14th-century former well chapel, Woolston, Shropshire
Holywell, Flintshire
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Holywell is a market town and community in Flintshire, Wales. It lies to the west of the estuary of the River Dee. The community includes Greenfield. In 2011, it had a population of 8,886.
Saint Winifred
…down. A healing spring at the traditional site of her decapitation and restoration is now a shrine and pilgrimage site called St Winefride's Well in Holywell, Flintshire, in Wales and known as "the Lourdes of Wales", which was granted the status of National Shrine for England and Wales in November 2023. The…
St Winefride's Well, with St James' Church in the top-left
Holywell Town Hall
St James’ parish church
Holywell Junction station