Basingwerk Abbey - Greenfield, Holywell.
The beautiful remains of Basingwerk abbey at Greenfield heritage park in Holywell.
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Basingwerk Abbey Greenfield Holywell Flintshire Wales UK Cistercian
27.12.14
Basingwerk Abbey & St Winifred's/Winefride's Holy Well
A look at two historical places in Holywell North Wales
Basingwerk Abbey:
St Winifred's/Winefride's Holy Well:
Basingwerk Abbey, Greenfield, Holywell - DJI Mavic Pro
Filmed at Greenfield, Holywell, North Wales. UK
Film with the DJI Mavic Pro
Basingwerk Abbey - Abaty Dinas Basing
Basingwerk Abbey (Welsh: Abaty Dinas Basing) is the ruin of an abbey near Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, in the care of Cadw (Welsh Heritage).
Basingwerk Abbey ruinsThe abbey was founded in 1132 by Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester, who brought Benedictine monks from Savigny Abbey in southern Normandy. In 1147, the abbey became part of the Cistercian Order and therefore a daughter house of Buildwas Abbey in Shropshire. In 1157, the abbey was given the manor of Glossop by King Henry II. The hilltop Monks' Road and the Abbot's Chair in Glossop is a reminder of the monks' efforts to administer their possession. Earlier on, they had received the manor of West Kirby from the Earls of Chester. In the 13th century, the abbey was under the patronage of Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Gwynedd, and his son Dafydd ap Llywelyn gave St Winefride's Well to the abbey. The monks harnessed the power of the Holywell stream to run a corn mill and to treat the wool from their sheep. In 1536, abbey life came to an end with the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Its dissolution was made lawful by the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries Act.
Two centuries earlier a Welsh seer, Robin Ddu (Robin the Dark) said the roof on the refectory would do very nicely on a little church under Moel Famau. It did. When the abbey was sold, the roof went to Cilcain church and the amazing Jesse window went to the church at Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch.
Today, the abbey ruin is part of Greenfield Valley Heritage Park.
The Pilgrims Way - A Welsh Camino - Day 3
The Pilgrims Way - A Welsh Camino – Day 3 St Asaph to Llansannan
Bont-Newydd Llannefydd
The North Wales Pilgrims Way is a 134 mile long-distance walking route in North Wales. It is a modern recreation of an ancient pilgrimage from Basingwerk Abbey in Holywell to Aberdaron on the Llyn Peninsula. The waymarked trail takes you through pictures landscapes of north wales and finishes along a section of the wales costal path. Along the way you will visits many small stone churches, many dedicated to the Celtic Saints (Saint Winifred and Saint Beuno)
The route (12 days walking plus one day for boat trip to Bardsey Island)
Basingwerk Abbey - Holywell
Trelawnyd
St Asaph
Llansannan
Llangernyw - Ancient Yew tree dated to between 4,000 and 5,000 years old
Rowen
Abergwyngregyn
Bangor
Llanberis
Penygroes
Trefor
Towyn (Tudweiliog)
Aberdaron
Bardsey Island -Ynys Enlli, known as the legendary Island of 20,000 Saints.
The Pilgrims Passport – collected from the Greenfield Valley Heritage Park visitor centre at the start of the walk, or at St Winefride's Well if it is closed.
The North Wales Pilgrims Way Website
pilgrims-way-north-wales.org/
The Pilgrims Way Book
Wikipedia
Camera - Sony GW55VE Camcorder
Hiking Pack, Backpack – Osprey Talon 11
B01IJKYFAS/earthquest
Greenfield Valley Heritage Park and Basingwerk Abbey Ruins
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Britannia Holywell Junction 1992
Locomotive Britannia passing Holywell Junction Station heading for Mostyn 26th August 1992.
N/Wales mini road trips, Flint to Holywell via coast road.
A short journey to Holywell from Flint via the coast road in North Wales.
Vehicle; Chrysler Grande Voyager 2.8D.
St Winifrede's Well, Holywell, North Wales
The story of St.Winifrede goes back to AD660. Legend tells us that in that year, a local Welsh prince named Caradoc had made advances to Winifrede but she turned him down. In a rage he severed her head with his sword. Where her head fell, a spring arose. Winifred was brought back to life by her uncle St.Beuno, the Abbot of Clynnog Fawr. The well is known as 'The Lourdes of Wales'.
The Pilgrims Way - A Welsh Camino – Bardsey Island
The Pilgrims Way - A Welsh Camino – Bardsey Island – Ynys Enlli
Aberdaron - Bardsey Island - Ynys Enlli
The North Wales Pilgrims Way is a 134 mile long-distance walking route in North Wales. It is a modern recreation of an ancient pilgrimage from Basingwerk Abbey in Holywell to Aberdaron on the Llyn Peninsula. The waymarked trail takes you through pictures landscapes of north wales and finishes along a section of the wales costal path. Along the way you will visits many small stone churches, many dedicated to the Celtic Saints (Saint Winifred and Saint Beuno)
The route (12 days walking plus one day for boat trip to Bardsey Island)
Basingwerk Abbey - Holywell
Trelawnyd
St Asaph
Llansannan
Llangernyw - Ancient Yew tree dated to between 4,000 and 5,000 years old
Rowen
Abergwyngregyn
Bangor
Llanberis
Penygroes
Trefor
Towyn (Tudweiliog)
Aberdaron
Bardsey Island -Ynys Enlli, known as the legendary Island of 20,000 Saints.
The Pilgrims Passport – collected from the Greenfield Valley Heritage Park visitor centre at the start of the walk, or at St Winefride's Well if it is closed.
The North Wales Pilgrims Way Website
pilgrims-way-north-wales.org/
The Pilgrims Way Book
Wikipedia
Camera - Sony GW55VE Camcorder
Hiking Pack, Backpack – Osprey Talon 11
B01IJKYFAS/earthquest
The Pilgrims Way - A Welsh Camino - Day 4
The Pilgrims Way - A Welsh Camino – Day 4 Llansannan to Llangernyw
Gwytherin
Pandy Tudur
The North Wales Pilgrims Way is a 134 mile long-distance walking route in North Wales. It is a modern recreation of an ancient pilgrimage from Basingwerk Abbey in Holywell to Aberdaron on the Llyn Peninsula. The waymarked trail takes you through pictures landscapes of north wales and finishes along a section of the wales costal path. Along the way you will visits many small stone churches, many dedicated to the Celtic Saints (Saint Winifred and Saint Beuno)
The route (12 days walking plus one day for boat trip to Bardsey Island)
Basingwerk Abbey - Holywell
Trelawnyd
St Asaph
Llansannan
Llangernyw - Ancient Yew tree dated to between 4,000 and 5,000 years old
Rowen
Abergwyngregyn
Bangor
Llanberis
Penygroes
Trefor
Towyn (Tudweiliog)
Aberdaron
Bardsey Island -Ynys Enlli, known as the legendary Island of 20,000 Saints.
The Pilgrims Passport – collected from the Greenfield Valley Heritage Park visitor centre at the start of the walk, or at St Winefride's Well if it is closed.
The North Wales Pilgrims Way Website
pilgrims-way-north-wales.org/
The Pilgrims Way Book
Wikipedia
Camera - Sony GW55VE Camcorder
Hiking Pack, Backpack – Osprey Talon 11
B01IJKYFAS/earthquest
Coppull to Holywell 9th june 2012
A day trip to Holywell,Flintshire, North Wales. Shrine of St. Winefride.
9th June 2012.
Monasteries Dissolved By Henry VIII - Part 1
Part 1 of a series of videos of monasteries that were dissolved by Henry VIII of England in the Dissolution of the Monasteries (Suppression of the Monasteries). From 1536 - 1541 Henry VIII disbanded monasteries in England, Wales, and Ireland. Some monastic foundations dated back to Anglo-Saxon England, the overwhelming majority of the 825 religious communities dissolved by Henry VIII owed their existence to the wave of monastic enthusiasm that had swept England and Wales in the 11th and 12th centuries. NOTE: This series does not include every monastery that was apart of the Dissolution of Monasteries. Only those for which pictures and information could be found.
List of monasteries in this video:
Abingdon Abbey - Abingdon Oxfordshire - Benedictine Order - Dissolved 1538
Bardney Abbey - Bardeny, Lincolnshire - Benedictine - Dissolved 1538
Bardsey Abbey - Aberdaron, Gwynedd - Canon Regular - Dissolved 1537
Barking Abbey - Barking, Greater London - Benedictine - Dissolved 1539
Basingwerk Abbey - Holywell, Flintshire - Cistercian - Dissolved 1536
Bath Abbey - Bath, Somerset - Benedictine - Dissolved 1539
Battle Abbey - Battle, East Sussex - Benedictine - Dissolved 1538
Beaulieu Abbey - Beaulieu, Hampshire - Cistercian - Dissolved 1538
Beauvale Charterhouse - Hucknall, Nottinghamshire - Carthusian - Dissolved 1539
Audio is Rose of Tralee on the panpipes.
Video created and uploaded for entertainment purposes only. I own nothing and claim nothing.
Information and pictures for the monasteries was provided from Wikipedia and are included under the Creative Commons licensing.
Greenfield Valley
Greenfield Valley Heritage Park (Welsh: Dyffryn Maes Glas) is a 70-acre (28 ha) country park in the United Kingdom. It is located near the town of Holywell, in Wales. It is well known for its woodland, reservoirs, ancient monuments (including the ruins of Basingwerk Abbey), rich industrial past and its factories which played a big part in the Industrial Revolution.
St Winefride's Well, Holywell, Flintshire, North Wales 28th February 2012
Video & photographs of St Winefride's Well, Holywell, Flintshire, North Wales, United Kingdom
Videoed on Tuesday, 28th February 2012
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The Pilgrims Way - A Welsh Camino - Day 8
The Pilgrims Way - A Welsh Camino – Day 8 Bangor to Llanberis
Bangor - Deiniolen - Llanberis
The North Wales Pilgrims Way is a 134 mile long-distance walking route in North Wales. It is a modern recreation of an ancient pilgrimage from Basingwerk Abbey in Holywell to Aberdaron on the Llyn Peninsula. The waymarked trail takes you through pictures landscapes of north wales and finishes along a section of the wales costal path. Along the way you will visits many small stone churches, many dedicated to the Celtic Saints (Saint Winifred and Saint Beuno)
The route (12 days walking plus one day for boat trip to Bardsey Island)
Basingwerk Abbey - Holywell
Trelawnyd
St Asaph
Llansannan
Llangernyw - Ancient Yew tree dated to between 4,000 and 5,000 years old
Rowen
Abergwyngregyn
Bangor
Llanberis
Penygroes
Trefor
Towyn (Tudweiliog)
Aberdaron
Bardsey Island -Ynys Enlli, known as the legendary Island of 20,000 Saints.
The Pilgrims Passport – collected from the Greenfield Valley Heritage Park visitor centre at the start of the walk, or at St Winefride's Well if it is closed.
The North Wales Pilgrims Way Website
pilgrims-way-north-wales.org/
The Pilgrims Way Book
Wikipedia
Camera - Sony GW55VE Camcorder
Hiking Pack, Backpack – Osprey Talon 11
B01IJKYFAS/earthquest
The Pilgrims Way - A Welsh Camino - Day 11
The Pilgrims Way - A Welsh Camino – Day 11 Trefor to Towyn
Trefor – Pistyll – Nefyn – Morfa Nefyn - Towyn
The North Wales Pilgrims Way is a 134 mile long-distance walking route in North Wales. It is a modern recreation of an ancient pilgrimage from Basingwerk Abbey in Holywell to Aberdaron on the Llyn Peninsula. The waymarked trail takes you through pictures landscapes of north wales and finishes along a section of the wales costal path. Along the way you will visits many small stone churches, many dedicated to the Celtic Saints (Saint Winifred and Saint Beuno)
The route (12 days walking plus one day for boat trip to Bardsey Island)
Basingwerk Abbey - Holywell
Trelawnyd
St Asaph
Llansannan
Llangernyw - Ancient Yew tree dated to between 4,000 and 5,000 years old
Rowen
Abergwyngregyn
Bangor
Llanberis
Penygroes
Trefor
Towyn (Tudweiliog)
Aberdaron
Bardsey Island -Ynys Enlli, known as the legendary Island of 20,000 Saints.
The Pilgrims Passport – collected from the Greenfield Valley Heritage Park visitor centre at the start of the walk, or at St Winefride's Well if it is closed.
The North Wales Pilgrims Way Website
pilgrims-way-north-wales.org/
The Pilgrims Way Book
Wikipedia
Camera - Sony GW55VE Camcorder
Hiking Pack, Backpack – Osprey Talon 11
B01IJKYFAS/earthquest
Holywell Town branch railway trackbed & A548 bridge Greenfield Wales
July 2014 - a walk along the old railway trackbed from Holywell Junction towards Holywell, ending at the old rail bridge high above the A548 main road at Greenfield. This was once the steepest mainline rail gradient in the UK, closed in Beeching era.