Well-dressing at Tissington

On Ascension Day the five wells of Tissington were dressed with boards spread with wet plaster and set with flowers into pictures, texts and patterns. Visitors came from miles around, and after the church service the clergyman led a procession round the wells, where psalms were read and hymns sung. Chambers notes the story that the custom began in thanks for water after a great drought in 1615. The wells are still dressed every Ascension Day.