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Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern
Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern ( cy, Llanfihangel-Ystum-Llywern) is a village in the community of Whitecastle, in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is located between Abergavenny and Monmouth and north of Raglan. The River Trothy passes close by. History and amenities Joseph Bradney, the antiquarian and author of '' A History of Monmouthshire from the Coming of the Normans into Wales down to the Present Time'', acquired the nearby estate of Tal-y-coed Court, partly by inheritance and partly through purchase, where he settled at an early age.Sir Joseph Bradney, ''A History of Monmouthshire'', A Latin tablet in St Michael's Church in the village records his achievements. Bradney was also the owner of The Pant in the village, a late-medieval house, with an attached Quaker Meeting House. The Offa's Dyke Path long distance footpath passes through the village. The village has a parish church dedicated to St. Michael Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of St Michael And All Angels, Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern
The Church of St Michael and All Angels, Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern, Monmouthshire, Wales, is a parish church with its origins in the 15th century. Renovations took place in the 19th century under the direction of Thomas Henry Wyatt. It is a Grade II* listed building and an active parish church. History The church dates from the medieval period but the building fabric cannot be dated with certainty. The nave roof and the windows are late 15th century. An extensive restoration was carried out by T. H. Wyatt in 1874, the belfry, with its timber base, dating from this restoration. Refurbishment of the interior in the early 20th century saw the addition of a stained glass window depicting Saint George and the Dragon by Charles Eamer Kempe, which dates from 1906 to 1907. A tablet in the church commemorates the Monmouthshire historian and antiquarian Sir Joseph Bradney, who lived nearby at Tal-y-coed Court and wrote a 12-volume history of the county, ''A History of Monmouthshire from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |