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The annual dressing of the St Aldhelm's Well in Frome, no service this year, but an abundance of flowers

Local News by Susie Watkins 23rd May 2021  
The colourful well was dressed on May 22
The colourful well was dressed on May 22

Thanks to the generosity of pupils at St John's School in Frome, the well of St Aldhelm - the founder of Frome - was looking glorious with flowers today (May 23).

This year coronavirus restrictions meant no annual blessing service which has been happening every year since 1985.

But the display - made from flowers given by pupils at the school - was created by the church and on the display, photos of many years of past ceremonies.

In a nod to the changing modernity of worship, fast forwarded by coronavirus lockdowns, also on the display a QR code to take you to the video of 2020's ceremony.

St Aldhelm founded a church on the site in AD 685, and the well is fed from the Gentle Street spring, which also feeds the Leat in Cheap Street. The tradition of well-dressing has been happening in Frome for many decades and always takes place on a date closest to the feast of St Aldhelm, which is on May 25.

     

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