Landmark at St Winifred's Well
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Landmark at St Winifred's Well
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 23 Apr 2012
This ancient building started out as a chapel built above a holy spring. Following the suppression of such superstitious stuff at the reformation the chapel became a manorial court house. The well became popular as a bathing place where as usual people enjoyed themselves so much that in 1755 it had to be closed down to protect them from fun. The building was converted into a cottage which is how it stayed until the Landmark Trust acquired it and added it to their list of attractive and unusual holiday properties.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.813404
Longitude
-3.007074