Lady's Well or Our Lady's Well is a common name in the United Kingdom and Ireland for a

holy well A holy well or sacred spring is a well, spring or small pool of water revered either in a Christian or pagan context, sometimes both. The water of holy wells is often thought to have healing qualities, through the numinous presence of its gua ...

, usually dedicated to the

Virgin Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother o ...

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Lady's Well, Auchmannoch The Lady's Well is a natural spring surmounted by a large cross that stands beside the Stra Burn Ford (NS254630) near Auchmannoch House in the Parish of Sorn, East Ayrshire, Scotland. It is associated with the Virgin Mary as a curative well, a W ...

* Dundalk#Places of interest * Effin#Wells *

Gwladys Saint Gwladys ferch Brychan () or St Gladys ( la, Gladusa), daughter of King Brychan of Brycheiniog, was the queen of the saint-king Gwynllyw Milwr and the mother of Cadoc "the Wise", whose ''Vita'' may be the earliest saint's life to mention ...

's well in Tredegar *

Hermitage, Dorset Hermitage is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of the Dorset Downs, south of the town of Sherborne. Dorset County Council's latest (2013) estimate o ...

Holystone, Northumberland Holystone is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Harbottle, in Northumberland, England. It lies on the edge of (and just within) the Northumberland National Park on the north bank of the River Coquet. A significant ...

* Honiley#History * Ladywell Fields#History of the park * Lancing, West Sussex#Location * Lands of Tour and Kirkland#Lady's Well * Mevagissey#History and toponymy * Mulhuddart#Built heritage * Newtowncashel#Attractions *

Our Lady's Well, Hempsted Our Lady's Well (also known as Saint Anne's Well) is a holy well house in Hempsted, Gloucester. It was designated as a Grade I listed building in January 1955. History The well house was built in the 14th century for the Manor of Hempsted, which ...

* Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam#Local pilgrimages * Slane Castle#History * Stow of Wedale#The church * Wellingborough#History * Woolpit#Our Lady of Woolpit

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