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England / Holywell Hill
« on: Saturday 16 August 14 12:27 BST (UK) »
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Saw someone asking about "holy-well". Was just reading about it today on Wikipedia. Quote: "Running into St Albans from the south is Holywell Hill (generally pronounced "holly-well hill"), its name taken from the story of St Alban. Legend has it that the Romans were looking for a traitor that had been injured and Alban found the traitor and helped him to recover; somehow, after the traitor had recovered and left, the Romans found out that Alban had helped the traitor to escape and had him beheaded. The severed head rolled down the hill from the execution site and into a well at the bottom, thus Holy-well Hill." Hope this is helpful, the person would be looking for a gravesite in St. Albans. 
Saw someone asking about "holy-well". Was just reading about it today on Wikipedia. Quote: "Running into St Albans from the south is Holywell Hill (generally pronounced "holly-well hill"), its name taken from the story of St Alban. Legend has it that the Romans were looking for a traitor that had been injured and Alban found the traitor and helped him to recover; somehow, after the traitor had recovered and left, the Romans found out that Alban had helped the traitor to escape and had him beheaded. The severed head rolled down the hill from the execution site and into a well at the bottom, thus Holy-well Hill." Hope this is helpful, the person would be looking for a gravesite in St. Albans.