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3: HOLY WATER

The legend continues that just a short distance from where he landed, St Edmund knelt down to give thanks for his safe arrival and a series of springs suddenly arose. The springs are still present at Waterworks Road in Old Hunstanton. The water from these springs was said to have miraculous powers, with many pilgrims arriving to drink the waters. For nearly one hundred years the residents of Hunstanton drank this water as it was pumped to the water tower (now demolished) at Lincoln Street

(Continue to along the cliffs until you reach the Wolf trail marker number 4)

Hunstanton Wolf Trail
  1. Introduction
  2. 1: ST EDMUND’S SHIELD
  3. 2: ST EDMUND LANDS AT HUNSTANTON A.D.855
  4. 3: HOLY WATER
  5. 4: ST EDMUND’S CORONATION
  6. 5: THE VIKINGS ARRIVE
  7. 6: THE MARTYRDOM OF ST EDMUND
  8. APPEARANCE OF THE WOLF