St. Winifred's Well, Flintshire, Wales. Coloured line engraving.

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour

St. Winefrid's Well usually called Holy Well, near Flint in North Wales. A fountain of great antiquity and celebrated to the memory of St. Winefrid, a christian virgin. ... Lettering continues: "whose purity being dearer to her than life, submitted to be beheaded near to this place, rather than yield to the Lust of Caradock, an heathen Prince. A neat chappel is built over the head of the spring, and the water gushes outwith so rapid a stream as to turn a mill within a few yards" Lettering continues with the text in french Bears number: 54

St Winifred is the patron saint of North Wales

Wellcome Collection 17672i