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HOLYWELL (Tre'ffynnon, well-town)

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 624 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HOLYWELL (Tre'ffynnon, well-See also:town) , a See also:market town and contributory See also:parliamentary See also:borough of Flintshire, N. See also:Wales, situated on a height near the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Dee See also:estuary, 196 m. from See also:London by the London & See also:North-Western railway (the station being 2 M. distant). Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 2652. The See also:parish See also:church (1769) has some columns of an earlier See also:building, interesting See also:brasses and strong embattled See also:tower. The remains of Basingwerk See also:Abbey (See also:Maes See also:glas, See also:green See also:field), partly Saxon and partly See also:Early See also:English, are near the station. It is of uncertain origin but was used as a monastery before 1119. In 1131 Ranulph, 2nd See also:earl of See also:Chester, introduced the See also:Cistercians. In 1535, when its revenues were fl so, 7s. 3d., it was dissolved, but revived under See also:Mary I. and used as a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:burial See also:place in 1647. Scarcely any traces remain of Basingwerk See also:castle, an old fort. Small up to the beginning of the 19th See also:century, Holywell has increasingly prospered, thanks to See also:lime quarries, See also:lead, See also:copper and See also:zinc mines, smelting See also:works, a shot manufactory, copper, See also:brass, See also:iron and zinc works; See also:brewing, tanning and See also:mineral See also:water, See also:flannel and See also:cement works.

St Winifred's See also:

holy well, one of the wonders of Wales, sends up water at the See also:rate of 21 tons a See also:minute, of an almost unvarying temperature, higher than that of See also:ordinary See also:spring water, To its curative See also:powers many crutches and ex voto See also:objects, hung See also:round the well, as in the See also:Lourdes Grot, See also:bear ample See also:witness. The stones at the bottom are slightly reddish, owing to See also:vegetable substances. The well itself is covered by a See also:fine See also:Gothic building, said to have been erected by See also:Margaret, countess of See also:Richmond and See also:mother of See also:Henry VII., with some portions of earlier date. The See also:chapel (restored) is used for public service. Catholics and others visit it in See also:great See also:numbers. There are See also:swimming See also:baths for See also:general use. In 1870 a See also:hospice for poorer pilgrims was erected. Other public buildings are St Winifred's (Catholic) church and a See also:convent, a town See also:hall and a market-hall. The export See also:trade is expedited by quays on the Dee.

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