Holywell
Holywell is the fifth largest town and an area in Flintshire, Wales. It lies to the west of the tidewater of the River Dee. The neighborhood consists of Greenfield. The market community of Holywell takes its name from the St Winefride's Well, a holy well bordered by a chapel. The well has been recognized since at the very least the Roman duration. It has been a site of Christian pilgrimage considering that about 660, devoted to Saint Winefride who, according to legend, was beheaded there by Caradog that tried to attack her. The well is one of the Seven Wonders of Wales as well as the town expenses itself as The Lourdes of Wales. Numerous pilgrims from throughout the globe remain to visit Holywell and the Well. Administratively, Holywell community includes 3 wards of the Flintshire County Council neighborhood authority. At the 2001 Census, the complete population of the community was 5,974 with the adjacent towns including Greenfield, Whitford and also Carmel the population of the area mores than 15,000.
