St Kenelm’s Well, Winchcombe
According to The Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells of England by Robert Charles Hope (1893), ‘WHILE the body of St. Kenelm was being brought to Winchcombe, the bearers, becoming very weary and thirsty, were obliged to stop and rest on a high down on the east side of the town. There being no water, they prayed to the Almighty, who heard their request, and answered by causing a well or spring to rise on the spot, near which was built St. Kenelm’s Chapel.’
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