Church Micro 5258...Llandybie Traditional Cache
Church Micro 5258...Llandybie
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Another in our series of Church Micros in the South Wales area.
Not within the Church precincts, so please don't search in the grounds.
Area can be busy with shoppers, please replace as found, BYOP and tweezers.
St Tybie's Church is situated within a very large churchyard, measuring some 240m in length and up to 56m in width. The church was a parish church during the post-conquest period, belonging to the Deanery of Stradtowy. It fell into the hands of King Edward I, and in 1284 he granted the Patronage to the Bishop of St Davids. The church is a Grade II listed building, constructed of limestone and sandstone rubble with yellow oolite (1853-1857) dressings. It consists of four-bayed chancel, two-bayed nave, two-bayed south chapel, three-bayed south aisle, south porch, west porch, three-storeyed west tower, traseptal vestry . The nave and chancel are thought to be fourteenth century in date. The south chapel and south aisle are thought to be later fifteenth century in date, and are contemporary with the oak wagon roofs. The tower dates to around 1600, and its facework is in corsed and squared Old Red Sandstone and yellow sandstone rubble. The porches are known to have been added before 1732. The 1823 renovation of the tower is recorded on a plaque on its wall. The church was restored in 1853-1857, when the current porches, vestry and boilerhouse were constructed. There is a disused fireplace in the south-east corner of the vestry. The east wall was partly rebuilt at this time. A nineteenth century alterpiece includes decalogue, creed and paternoster. The vestry was rebuilt in 1912, and the roof partly restored.
Llandybie Church in 1900
Notice there are no cars and no clock, which wasn't added until 1920 as a war memorial to the dead of World War One.
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