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St Winifred's Well, Woolston

Woolston, near Oswestry, Shropshire

A timber cottage built over a holy well.

At Woolston, a small half-timbered cottage stands directly over a holy spring. Legend says the body of St Winefride rested here on its way from Wales to Shrewsbury Abbey in 1138, and the spring burst out where it lay.

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When
Medieval
Where
52.8100, -2.9900
Group
Holy wells & springs

Visiting

The well can be visited by footpath. The cottage is run by the Landmark Trust.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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