View SE von sternförmigen Innere baden Pool im unteren Teil der ST-Winifred's Chapel, Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, UK: Mittelalterliche/Tudor um 1500 AD.
3769 x 4961 px | 31,9 x 42 cm | 12,6 x 16,5 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
15. Mai 1992
Ort:
St Winifred's Well and Chapel, Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, UK
Weitere Informationen:
View SE of star-shaped inner bath in the crypt of St Winifred's Chapel, Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, UK: spring water enters the inner basin before flowing out to the exterior bathing pool (rear L of camera). Tradition dates first appearance of spring to 660AD when princess Gwenfrewi (Winifred) was beheaded by spurned suitor Caradoc. Water sprang from the ground where her head landed: St Beuno replaced the head & brought Gwenfrewi back to life. The present two-storey chapel was built c. 1500 for Lady Magaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII & wife of Thomas Stanley, Earl of Derby. Celtic in origin, the holy well has been a popular place of pigrimage & healing since at least 1115. In 1917 mining operations severed the original stream & another source was diverted to the bathing pool & well: cures continue to this day.
