Basingwerk Abbey & St Winifred's/Winefride's Holy Well

A look at two historical places in Holywell North Wales
Basingwerk Abbey:
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St Winifred's/Winefride's Holy Well:
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[@daringlisson9353]

Amazing places Paul. Thank you for sharing.

[@007vauxhall]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks.

[@SurviveN2]

Great historical sites Paul, thanks for taking us along to see them 👍 I enjoyed that 😊

[@007vauxhall]

Glad you enjoyed it....cheers Ray.

[@ACslife23]

i was at St Winifreds well today amazing place and the history behind it and i totally missed this place so we only live in wrexham so we are going when we get some nice weather to Basingwerk abbey

[@007vauxhall]

That's great Adam, nice place isn't it, the Abbey is only quarter of a mile down the road....hope you enjoy that too when you visit :-)....many thanks.

[@Neil_Morris]

Fantastic couple of places - really enjoyed that.

[@007vauxhall]

Glad you enjoyed it Neil, thanks.

[@SuperBamamama]

So excited to have found you. These places are wonderful. Thank you .

[@007vauxhall]

Glad you liked it, many thanks Barbara.

[@PostcardAndAPint]

We visited here a couple of weeks ago! It’s so cool isn’t it! We’d love to walk the pilgrims trail. Basingwerk Abbey is incredible. We really enjoyed your tour of the Abbey. Oo you went to Winifred’s well too! We did that as well, it was covered in snow though!! The tap was frozen for the water when we went!! Thanks for the tour 🍻

[@martinc9215]

Absolutely gorgeous video Paul! I have been to the well a few times and am amazed by the history of the place. Thanks for sharing this.

[@007vauxhall]

Thanks Martin

[@MarcusTDM]

Very interesting video. Enjoyed that. Couldn’t help thinking though, the guy who went for a dip cured one ailment only to get hyperthermia! Lol. What a amazing building.

[@007vauxhall]

Lol.....your probably right there Marcus.....lol.

[@GazianoOutdoors]

Great video again, a nice look at some very historical places. I'm gonna have to check them out at some point. Always enjoy videos like this involving historical buildings. Nice video, really enjoyed watching.

[@007vauxhall]

Cheers, yes well worth a visit and they are only half a mile from each other in Holywell . :-)

[@sionj83]

My home village. Maesglas.

[@007vauxhall]

That's great, some history on your doorstep Sion....nice.

[@markmartin8431]

Amazing arcatechture and history there! When you went to the second spot you could see how the windows would've looked and that little grato where Mary was! Those constuction Craftsmen were really skilled artistan! I really appreciate you allowing me to see this part of history! Thank you for taking me today! And yes I'm dang hungry now! Wish I had a butter cheese and onion butty and a cuppa☕ Yorkshire! Atb Mark

[@007vauxhall]

It is, built to last those days.....yes some of the best craftsman as you say....I will send a Cheese & Onion Butty over for you...lol.....thanks Mark

[@markmartin8431]

007vauxhall 🐕 says!👍

[@terrym1065]

I'd say the new camera is working superb Paul. It captured the history and awesome beauty of the Welsh people that built those amazing structures. Fantastic that the buildings have been preserved as best they can for their age. Wonderful video, thanks for sharing. Enjoy.

[@007vauxhall]

Glad you liked it Terry....many thanks.

[@paulcharlesworth809]

Great video Paul, over a thousand years old amazing, glad to see no graffiti in sight.

[@007vauxhall]

Thanks Paul....yes, amazing history.

[@wxpm]

Nice one Paul , i know a few people who spend the day there time and time again

[@007vauxhall]

I can see why they spend the day there.....nice place to visit..cheers bud.

[@angeg1587]

So, I went to this yesterday, having walked up from Greenfield Dock......only to find they don't allow dogs !! Thankfully your video showed me what I missed so will be making a return trip minus the dog ! Thanks for this video :-)

[@RobCharles1981]

Those look nice places to visit Paul, would love to go there one day.

[@007vauxhall]

Nice places to visit Rob.

[@RobCharles1981]

Very True!

[@purpleglitteruk]

Lovely vid Paul. Wow what a place. Thanx so much for sharing. Always think the same about old buildings. Hard to believe how old they are 👍

[@007vauxhall]

Thanks Natalie....yes amazing history they have. :-)

[@detactical8698]

Hope to check it out one day. Cheers bud.

[@007vauxhall]

Worth a visit Mark.....thanks.

[@cito4633]

Fascinating! Other than some Puebla Indian ruins in our Southwest, America’s oldest structures only date to the 1600’s... Very interesting video, thank you!

[@007vauxhall]

Glad you found it interesting, thanks for watching.

[@markwalsh6714]

Great video enjoyed that. The well has a dip pool next to it I think that pilgrims walk down into the water next to the well and back up the other side. It looked gated off when you were there. I was hoping to see you do the walk ! Great video.

[@007vauxhall]

Glad you enjoyed it, yes seen the dip pool quite deep too...Thanks

[@juanantoniogarciasanchez5002]

Fantástico 👏👏👏👏

[@007vauxhall]

Thank you Juan

[@davehenley3375]

yes they are fine paul thx

[@007vauxhall]

That's good Dave .

[@davehenley3375]

hope you and your family are well paul

[@007vauxhall]

Very well thanks Dave....hope you and yours are to :-)

[@stihl0903]

Interesting Video.

[@007vauxhall]

Thank you

[@andrewwilliams3032]

👍 👍

[@007vauxhall]

Thanks.

[@zen-xb7xq]

Shocking how Henry VIII destroyed so much because he wanted a divorce and got rid of the Catholic church as an excuse and all the abbey's and needed money for wars.Another bad news for most was Oliver Cromwell with the Civil War destruction of so many castles. King Henry VIII caused the shrine and saintly relics to be destroyed at the St Winefride's Holy Well but some have been recovered to be housed at Shrewsbury and Holywell.

[@007vauxhall]

Yes, he had to have his own way no matter what.