Tissington Well Dressing 2009

Tissington is a very picturesque village in Derbyshire about 4 miles north of Ashbourne. It is most famous for being the mother of all well dressing villages and has 7 wells dressed for the week.




The small village Butcher's shop


The Church stained glass window depicting Noah's Ark.

Well dressing consists of erecting boards covered in clay, into which thousands of flower petals are pressed to create an elaborate tableaux of some biblical or topographical scene. It is probable that well dressing took place here in 1348, in thanksgiving for the village’s escape from the Black Death, which the villagers attributed to the purity of its water. Tissington having escaped the plague, while other local villages had been ravaged.
Tissington Hall which is open to visitors on certain days of the year and during well dressing weekend.


The biggest well is Hall well opposite Tissington Hall.