Visitors admire the 2016 well dressing depicting 'Shrovetide in the Trenches' at the Coffin Well, Tissington, Derbyshire.

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Visitors admire the 2015 well dressing depicting 'Shrovetide in the Trenches' at the Coffin Well, Tissington, Derbyshire. Well dressings are produced to give thanks for the gift of water using only natural materials and may date back to pagan Celtic times, although now adopted by the Christian church. Well dressing is thought to have occurred in Tissington since 1348-9 when villagers escaped the Black Death that was raging in the surrounding countryside and believed this to be because of the purity of the village water supply. Coffin Well is so-called because of its shape. At nearby Ashbourne Shrovetide football is played every Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday.

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Size: 2112px × 2816px
Location: Coffin Well, Tissington, Derbyshire, UK
Photo credit: © Richard Bradley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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