St Winefride's Well

National shrine, chapel, well, and pilgrimage site in Flintshire, Wales
Place water_well Q7595658
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St Winefride's Well

Summary

St Winefride's Well is a water well[1]. It draws 130 Wikipedia views per month (water_well category, ranking #5 of 28).[2]

Key Facts

  • St Winefride's Well's religion is recorded as Catholicism[3].
  • St Winefride's Well is located in Holywell[4].
  • St Winefride's Well is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • St Winefride's Well's instance of is recorded as water well[6].
  • St Winefride's Well's instance of is recorded as chapel[7].
  • St Winefride's Well's instance of is recorded as national shrine[8].
  • St Winefride's Well's maintained by is recorded as Cadw[9].
  • St Winefride's Well is owned by Cadw[10].
  • St Winefride's Well is operated by Cadw[11].
  • Winifred is named after St Winefride's Well[12].
  • The location of St Winefride's Well was Holywell[13].
  • St Winefride's Well's Commons category is recorded as St Winefride's Well[14].
  • 1500 marks the founding of St Winefride's Well[15].
  • St Winefride's Well's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.277105, 'lon': -3.2235725}[16].
  • St Winefride's Well's diocese is recorded as Diocese of Wrexham[17].
  • St Winefride's Well's dedicated to is recorded as Winifred[18].
  • St Winefride's Well's official website is recorded as http://www.saintwinefrideswell.com/[19].
  • St Winefride's Well's heritage designation is recorded as Grade I listed building[20].
  • St Winefride's Well's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[21].
  • St Winefride's Well's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "St Winefride's Well"}[22].
  • St Winefride's Well sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+69.5'}[23].
  • St Winefride's Well's Christian liturgical rite is recorded as Roman Rite[24].
  • St Winefride's Well's associated electoral district is recorded as Clwyd East[25].
  • St Winefride's Well's historic county is recorded as Flintshire[26].

Body

Geography

St Winefride's Well is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. It is located in Holywell[4].

Physical Characteristics

St Winefride's Well sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+69.5'}[23].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include water well[6], chapel[7], and national shrine[8]. Heritage statuses include Grade I listed building[20] and scheduled monument[21]. St Winefride's Well's religion is recorded as Catholicism[3].

History and Context

1500 marks the founding of St Winefride's Well[15]. It is owned by Cadw[10]. Winifred is named after it[12].

Why It Matters

St Winefride's Well draws 130 Wikipedia views per month (water_well category, ranking #5 of 28).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net. cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . British Listed Buildings. britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . British Listed Buildings. britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . pilgrimways.org.uk. Retrieved . pilgrimways.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . British Listed Buildings. Retrieved . britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . British Listed Buildings. britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net. cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . British Listed Buildings. britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net. cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Dave.Dunford · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location {'lat': 53.277105, 'lon': -3.2235725}
    Maintained by Cadw
    Diocese Diocese of Wrexham
    Coordinates
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P5775]]: Upper chapel interior 2, St Winefride's Well.jpg"
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