St Winefride's Well Head
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St Winefride's Well Head
Image: © chestertouristcom Taken: 10 Aug 2006
One of the Seven Wonders of Wales The actual place where the cold spring water bubbles up. The legend of St Winefride tells how in 660AD, an enraged local chieftain severed the head of the young Winefride after she spurned his advances, how a spring rose from the ground at the spot where her head fell and how she was later restored to life by her uncle, St Beuno. The spring became renowned for its healing powers and throughout the centuries and even until today, pilgrims travel here in their thousands from all over the world to bathe in its waters and worship at its shrine that has become known as the Lourdes of Wales.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.278305
Longitude
-3.222242