The Church of St Mary is in the Ecclesbourne Valley, and the Ecclesbourne stream rises at the Lady's Well, Wirksworth. The exact site of this has been lost but is thought to be in the vicinity of the church, There is no doubt that the original "Lady" of the well was NOT the Virgin Mary! The site was undoubtedly venerated long before Christianity.
The name "Ecclesbourne" is formed from the Cymric "Eglwys" or church, and the Anglo-Saxon "Bourne" or small stream The name points to the existence of a Celtic / Roman Christian church during the AS Heathen period, and thus much, much older than the C7th. This area was in the territory of last Heathen King on the English mainland, Penda of Mercia. Penda was no friend to the incoming, authoritarian and patriarchal Roman version of the "new" religion and throughout his long reign fought his fellow English kings who had converted (until his last battle, always successfully) usually in league with the Welsh King Caedwallon, a Celtic / Roman Christian, but Penda tolerated the older and purer form of Christianity - as long as its adherents did not try to convert Heathens!
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