St Ethelbert’s Well was supposed to have sprung up at the place where his body rested before burial in Hereford Cathedral. The earliest mention of a well here was in the 13th Century but it wasn’t until the 14th Century that a canopy was first erected over the well. The head of a crowned king, which is incorporated into the present monument, is believed to be from the west front of the cathedral. Tradition has it that people once placed pins into the spring and used them to cure ulcers.
