Hi there,
There was one in Staffordshire, cannot remember the place at the moment and
one in Herts I do believe. I'll dig out the information if I can.
Ross
>From: Madeleine Gray <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: for students of holy wells and waterlore
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>Subject: Re: St Sunday's Well
>Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 15:33:12 +0100
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>While trawling through chantry certificates in the PRO I came across a
>reference to a St Sunday's Well in Kidwelly, Carms. Francis Jones derives
>the name of the well in its Welsh form, St Sul, from Sawyl Benisel, who
>crops up in the lives of several Welsh saints. However, having read Athene
>Reiss's The Sunday Christ with its references to the cult of St Sunday, a
>cult devoted to the imagery of the medieval warning against Sabbath
>breaking, I wonder whether this is a possible alternative derivation. What
>would be fairly conclusive is if anyone has come across a St Sunday's Well
>in England - where no-one would have heard of Sawyl.
>
>Maddy
>
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