Holywell
Holywell is the 5th largest town and also a neighborhood in Flintshire, Wales. It lies to the west of the tidewater of the River Dee. The community includes Greenfield. The market community of Holywell takes its name from the St Winefride's Well, a holy well bordered by a church. The well has actually been recognized because at the very least the Roman period. It has actually been a site of Christian expedition considering that concerning 660, devoted to Saint Winefride that, according to legend, was beheaded there by Caradog who attempted to attack her. The well is one of the Seven Wonders of Wales and the community expenses itself as The Lourdes of Wales. Several pilgrims from all over the world remain to visit Holywell and the Well. Administratively, Holywell community consists of three wards of the Flintshire Region Council local authority. At the 2001 Census, the total population of the town was 5,974 with the adjoining towns consisting of Greenfield, Whitford and Carmel the population of the area mores than 15,000.
