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The Living Spring Journal contents
A chronology of well-names
An Editorial
Cenotés and Other Sacred Waters of the Americas
DIPPING WELLS: A Gazetteer of Monmouthshire Wellsites
DIPPING WELLS: IS There a Healing Well in Liberton?
DIPPING WELLS: St Aldhelm’s well, Doulting, Somerset
DIPPING WELLS: The Ancient Springs of the Valley of the Sandbrook: a vignette
Eighteenth century view looking across the River Avon
DIPPING WELLS: The Holy Well, or St Cloud’s Well, at Longthorpe Park near Peterborough
An early illustration showing the well as part of a landscaped estate and suggesting it may have been a folly
The entrance to the grotto part of the well and the bath
Dipping Wells: The Wishing Well and rock Hermitage at High Hurstwood
The site of the Hermit’s Well at the end of the garden
DIPPING WELLS: Wells and Springs around Trellech
DIPPING WELLS: Wiltshire Healing Wells and the Strange Case of Purton Spa: What do the healing wells cure?
Wiltshire references
How do wells become holy?
News
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NOTES & QUERIES
The significance of ‘holy’
The Wellsprings Fellowship: a brief introduction
WELL RESEARCHED: Holy Wells and Other Holy Places
St Augustine’s well, Cerne Abbas, Dorset
St Wita’s well, Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset
WELL RESTORED The Holy Well, Morvah: a well lost and found
WELL RESTORED: A Village Well, Donhead St Mary, Wiltshire
WELL RESTORED: A Village Well, Donhead St Mary, Wiltshire
WELL RESTORED: A Village Well, Donhead St Mary, Wiltshire
WELLS IN DEPTH: The Documentation of Ffynnon Ddeier: Some Problems Reconsidered
Ffynnon Ddeier: cultus
Ffynnon Ddeier: legend
WELLS IN DEPTH Boundaries
WELLS IN DEPTH: Bibliography
Wells in depth: Notes
WELLS IN DEPTH: Processions
Wells in depth: References
WHOLLY WELL READ – Christina Martin (2000)
WHOLLY WELL READ – James Rattue (2001)
WHOLLY WELL READ – Robert Charles Hope (2000)
WHOLLY WELL READ Lincolnshire Springs and Wells: a descriptive catalogue
WHOLLY WELL READ: Stone and Tree Sheltering Water
WHOLLY WELL READ: The Ancient Crosses and Wells of Lancashire a revised version
Wiltshire Healing Wells and the Strange Case of Purton Spa
Histogram showing the frequency of healing properties associated with wells in Wiltshire
Table comparing contemporary accounts of Salt’s Hole/Purton Spa with writings in 1990s
The Source (1984-88, 94-96) and Living Spring Journal (2000) Online Archive – An Introduction
The SOURCE The Holy Wells Journal First Series Contents
A Dream of Holywell
A Letter and a Poem
A Marlow Well
Ancient, Healing and Holy Wells of County Durham
Becket’s Well, Otford, Kent
Bottled Water
Buckinghamshire Wells
Caesar’s Well, Wimbledon Common
Cumbrian Well Walking
Dorset Holy Wells
Holy & Notable Wells of the Cambridge District
Holy Well or Holy Grail?
Holy Well, St Michael’s Churchyard, Longstanton, Cambridgeshire
Holy Wells as Ancient Monuments
Holy Wells in West Wales
Holy Wells in Yorkshire – 1
Holy Wells in Yorkshire – 2
Holy Wells in Yorkshire – 3
Holy Wells in Yorkshire – 4
Holy Wells in Yorkshire – 5
Holy Wells in Yorkshire – 6
Holy Wells in Yorkshire – 7
Holy Wells Today
Holy Wells Today
Holy Wells: Wormholes in Reality? – 1
Holy Wells: Wormholes in Reality? – 2
Homewell, Havant, Hampshire
Imbolc 1987 – Bride’s Well, Melbost Borve
In Search of Holy Wells
Legend of the Holy Well Haw, Leicestershire
Letters
Madron Well: ‘the Mother Well’
Notes & Queries
Notes & Queries
Notes & Queries
Notes & Queries
Notes and Queries
Notes Towards a Survey of Shropshire Holy Wells – 1
Notes Towards a Survey of Shropshire Holy Wells – 2
Notes Towards a Survey of Shropshire holy wells – 3
Notes Towards a Survey of Shropshire Holy Wells – 4
Notes Towards a Survey of Shropshire Holy Wells – 5
On the Ancient Custom of Decorating Wells with Flowers etc
Other St Non Wells
Report on the Application for the Scheduling of St Helen’s Well, Pocklington
Second Report on the Application for the Scheduling of St Helen’s Well, Pocklington
Secret Shrines: A Curse and a Queer Feeling at St Nun’s….
Secret Shrines: A Ghostly Sort of Place….
Secret Shrines: A Tale of Reincarnation….
Secret Shrines: In a Dark Sea Cave….
Secret Shrines: Strange Happenings a Stone’s Throw from Tintagel
Some Ancient and Holy Wells of Devon
Some Holy Wells in and Around Preston
Some Holy Wells in Kent
Some Wells in the South and West – 1
Some Wells in the South and West – 2
Some Wells in the South and West – 3
Some Wells in the South and West – 4
Some Wells in the South and West – 5
St Anne in the Wood, Brislington
St Cadfan’s Well, Llangadfan, Powys
St Helen’s Well, Pocklington: The latest information
St Helen’s Well, Stainland
St Mungo’s Well and ‘Devil’s Stone’ Copgrove
St Non’s Well, Pembrokeshire
St Teilo and Two Wells in West Wales
St Wendreda’s Well, Exnining near Newmarket
St Withburga and Her Well at East Dereham
The Bardsey Island Trust
The Conisbrough Holy Well, Doncaster
The Copgrove Well
The Holy Well at King’s Newton, Derbyshire
The Holy Well at St. John the Baptist Church, Holywell Cum Needingworth, Cambridgeshire
The Holy Wells of Glamorgan
The Holy Wells of Leicestershire and Rutland
The Holy Wells of Somerset
The Holy Wells of West Penwith, Cornwall
The Lady Well, Woolpit (a Suffolk Well)
The Rediscovery of a Holy Well near Malton, North Yorkshire
The River of Wells
The Strangewell, Cuddington, Buckinghamshire
The Watchman’s Well Kintraw
The Wayside Well
The Well and the Water Board
The Well of the Sacred Blood
The Wells of Old Warwickshire
The Yew Tree & Holy Well, Hope Bagot
UNICEF & the International Decade for Clean Drinking Water, 1981-1990
Well-Wishing in St Albans
Wishing Wells
Wishing Wells & Votive Offerings
The SOURCE The Holy Wells Journal- New Series Contents
Alexandra’s Well
Court Well, Thame, Oxfordshire
Cursing Not Curing: The Darker Side of Holy Wells
Ffynnon Santes Fair (Saint Mary’s Well)
Hollinshead Hall Holy Well
Holy Wells and Headless Saints
Holy Wells in Wales and Early Christian Archaeology
Holywell – Clwyd
Living with a Holy Well
Llandeilo Llwydiarth – The Well and the Skull
Pilgrims’ Ampullae and the Well of St Menas – 1
Rebecca’s Well on Crazies Hill
Robin Hood’s Well, near Helmshore
Seven Wiltshire Wells and their Folklore
Some Ancient Wells, Springs and Holy Wells of the Cotswolds
Some Holy Wells of South Carmarthenshire
Some Observations on the Earliest Spring Called After Robin Hood
St Arilda of Oldbury on Severn, Gloucestershire
St Blaise’s Well, Bromley, Kent
St Teilo & the Head Cult
Streams of Living Water
The Holy Well of Frome – Somerset
The Holywell Cure Records
The Ladywell at Speen
The Land of Holy Wells – 1
The Land of Holy Wells – 2
The Land of Holy Wells – 3
The Other St Winifred’s Wells
The Religious Symbolism of Llyn Cerrig Bach and Other Early Sacred Water Sites
The Search for Bride’s Well
The Source: Bristol Springs & Wells Group
The Three Wells Walk
The Well as Symbol – 1
The Wells of St Swithun
The Whistlebitch Well, Utkinton, Cheshire
Three Saints, Two Wells & a Welsh Parish
Well Walk in Bradford
Wells and Trees
Wells at the Bottom of the Garden
Will the Real St Brigid Please Stand Up?
Yorkshire’s Holy Wells & the Severed Head
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Isle of Man Holy Well project
linked to http://asmanxasthehills.com/isle-of-man-holy-wells-project/
Isle of Man Wells site
Isle of Man Wells researches wells and springs on the Island to provide a modern record of their location, condition and usage
Journal of Antiquities
A wide range of sites describes – a fair number of holy wells. Very informative and recommended.
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A nice blog focusing on springs, not necessarily healing or holy, in the English town. Worth a look!
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Aiming to restore the lost holy well of St Ruffin
The Chalice Well, Glastonbury, Somerset
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Website by fellow knowledgable enthusiast, researcher and author James Rattue non holy well subject matter as well.
Well dressing
Excellent calendar and archive of Derbyshire styled, but not based, well dressing customs
Well hopper -Welsh holy wells
Cataloging the holy wells of the Welsh principality
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A site dedicated to pin pointing, promoting and preserving the holy wells of Wales
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