Holywell

Holywell (Welsh: Treffynnon) is a town in Flintshire, north Wales, lying south of the estuary of the River Dee.

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The town is known for St Winefride's Well, a holy well surrounded by a chapel. The well has been known since at least the Roman period, and has been a site of pilgrimage since about 660 when Saint Winefride is said to have been beheaded there. The town bills itself as The Lourdes of Wales.

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More recently, the town grew around the copper mining and cotton milling industries.

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Holywell hosted an unofficial National Eisteddfod event in 1869.

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Actor Jonathan Pryce was born in Holywell.

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Flintshire: Flintshire (Welsh: Sir y Fflint) is a traditional county and principal area in northern Wales....