St Peter's Church, Peterstow
The earliest known building on this site was Anglo-Saxon which was built on the site of an existing burial ground.
A reference in the Book of Llandaff says that Herwald, Bishop of Llandaff, consecrated a church at Llanbedr in 1066. A 12th century Norman building replaced this, using some of the enormous foundation stones. This was rebuilt in 1330. In the 15th century a font and bell tower were added and in the 17th century a panelled pulpit was incorporated.
The present appearance of the building, which re-opened on 2 July 1866, is due to the "great restoration" in the 1860s, under the rector, Dr John Jebb with Sir George Gilbert Scott as architect.
In 2009 the nave was "re-ordered" and the pews were removed and a modern wooden floor and chairs were installed.
The west end of the building was partitioned off to provide for a kitchen and a toilet to disabled access standards. The nave is available as a village hall when not required for Church services and the chancel has not been altered during this work, other than redecoration, and preserves the character of a place of Christian worship.
The Cache
The cache is a small camoed pot that has some geotat in it (when it placed anyway) and can easily hold trackables etc.
Please rehide carefully.
If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication. There is also a Church Micro Stats & Information page found via the Bookmark list.