Tissington Welldressings

Late Spring brings |Derbyshire well-dressing time, traditionally starting in Tissington at Ascension, followed over the succeeding months by displays in many  towns and villages across the county. Tradition says that they were originally erected to give thanks to the pure water from the wells which saved the villagers from the Black Death, and in most places a church service is held blessing the wells.  

The mosaics are created with flowers, leaves and coloured stones pressed into a clay backing board, often with religious themes, or commemorations of important events - or as in this case a combination of the two; Jacob's Dream at Bethel and Walt Disney.

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We visited Tissington on the last day of the displays, and after a week of dry sunny weather the clay was beginning to crack. The displays were still lovely though.

 

A few weeks later, I visited Ashford in the Water welldressings - see here