Well Dressing Youlgrave

Holywellon Holywell Lane near its junction with Main Street 4.

Well dressing youlgrave. Bank Top Wellon the south side of Main Street between Coldwell and the Farmyard pub 3. There are 5 large welldressings in Youlgrave about 10 feet by 8 feet. Know Before You Go Covid-19 visitor information CLICK HERE. Coldwell End Well Dressing - In the churchyard of the Methodist Church Bank Top Well - On the south side of Main Street between Coldwell and the Farmyard pub Holywell - On Holywell Lane near its junction with Main Street.

About Youlgrave Well Dressing Venue Type. In 2019 there were six. Wells go on display 22nd June. Coldwell End Well Dressingin the churchyard of the Methodist Church 2.

Well dressing is a tradition in which wells. Well Dressing Several well dressings spread out around the village. If you are new to the village or have been here a lifetime but have never well-dressed you are welcome to get involved be it petalling or lifting drawing or dunking the boards mixing clay or colour. The village of Youlgrave has more reason than others in Derbyshire to give thanks for water by celebrating welldressing as we have our very own water supply which has never let us down.

Click on a list item to bring its marker to the top. Give Saffron Baker a call on 07899 920204. Village Well Dressing where the road from Youlgrave enters the village square. Well dressing is a Derbyshire custom in Peak District villages.

Blessing at 230 well viewing any time. Blessing of the wells 200pm. It also has members allocated to each of the Halls CLT and Youlgrave Waterworks in order to keep informed of and provide assistance in. The custom must have its origin in pagan ritual when flowers and greenery were placed beside springs and wells to placate the gods and spirits who were believed to dwell within them.

Boards into the river 7th June. The festival is usually held during the week of 24th June which is also the feast of St John the Baptist and old Midsummers Day. They are now produced by more than 80 villages in Derbyshire. Fountain Wellat the Fountain in Fountain Square.

There are 6 or 7 main welldressings and a collection of small boards made by the children of the village. Middleton is located between Youlgrave and Newhaven Newhaven is on the A515 Buxton to Ashbourne Road where it meets the A5012 Via Gellia from Cromford. Every June sees the pretty Derbyshire village of Youlgrave celebrate its well dressing tradition. The welldressings are floodlit after dark.

How to get there. Well dressing is a beautiful and popular custom particularly in Derbyshire and the Peak District in which springs and wells are decorated with panels worked in flower petals and other natural materials to form a design. This video is about Youlgrave Welldressing 2020. Well dressing will take place in The Square and there will be a village market Middleton Trail and delicious teas in the village hall on May 25 and 26.

This year 2008 the chosen central theme of the Middleton by Youlgrave well dressing is Farming. Welldressing in Youlgrave can be traced back to 1829 when the water supply in the village was established - the Fountain. A coin collection is made at the site of the well in Middleton by Youlgrave and donated to local charities. The Parish Council has one formal sub-committee Finance and Personnel and an overseeing responsibility for the Well Dressing and Carnival committees with elected members allocated to serve on each annually.

We estimate that up to 150 people are involved in one way or another. The 2014 wells commemorating the Great War Derby Telegraph article.