Welldressing is an ancient tradition and dates back hundreds of years and sees handmade floral masterpieces placed at wells throughout places in Derbyshire.
"Mystery surrounds the exact source of this ancient tradition – believed to have been brought to the area by the Romans or the Celts, to give thanks for the county’s fresh water springs. Well Dressing is unique to the area, and more than 80 towns and villages proudly display their floral masterpieces next to wells and water features throughout the spring and summer.”
See more details
https://www.visitpeakdistrict.com/whats-on/well-dressings
"The origins of Well Dressing are lost in antiquity. They may even have their roots in pagan customs later given a Christian meaning. One theory says that the custom began just after the Black Death of 1348-9. Although the population round about was ravaged by plague, in Tissington all escaped, and the immunity was ascribed to the purity of the water supply. It became the custom to decorate the wells in thanksgiving.”
See http://www.tissingtonhall.co.uk/tissington-hall-village-well-dressing.html
Tissington gets thousands of visitors each year. This year it runs from Thursday 30 May until Wednesday evening 05 June 2019
I asked Nancy Wilton - the designers of Coffin Well were the Wiltons:
Good morning,
Would like to thank you for having Scopes4SEN "embedded" in Coffin Well. How generous and sweet. We Love it!
Jo and I had a "debate" if the little boy in the shorts was just a boy from a school watching the Moon, or was it referred to me because I am wearing shorts winter and summer ;-)
Thank you so much, we are well over the Moon!!!!
Keep well,
Patrick
Nancy replied:
Hey Patrick
We are glad the well has your aproval! And we hope it provides your charity with the publisity it deserves.
Haha we thought the shorts and hawiian shirt would be enough but perhaps we should of put you in the hot tub! .......... Jo wins!
Keep up the good work.
All the Wiltons.