Partrishow, also known as Patricio, Patrishow, or by its Welsh name, Merthyr Isiw, is a small village in the
county
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
of
Powys
Powys (; ) is a county and preserved county in Wales. It is named after the Kingdom of Powys which was a Welsh successor state, petty kingdom and principality that emerged during the Middle Ages following the end of Roman rule in Britain.
Geog ...
(historically
Brecknockshire), close to its border with
Monmouthshire. It is in the valley of the
Grwyne Fawr
The Grwyne Fawr is a river in the Brecon Beacons National Park in south Wales. A section of it forms the administrative border between Powys and Monmouthshire and also of the historic counties of Brecon and Monmouth. The river and its major tri ...
, in the
Black Mountains of
South Wales, within the
Brecon Beacons National Park.
History and amenities
The village is noted for its outstanding grade I listed 11th-century
Church of St Issui with an intricately carved 16th-century
rood screen,
mediaeval mural paintings,
and one of the oldest
fonts in Wales. The churchyard also contains a grade II* listed cross. The church was originally called ''Methur Issui'' ("Saint Issui the Martyr"), a corruption of ''Merthyr Ishaw'' or ''Ishow''. It is now known as ''St Patrico''. It avoided
Victorian restoration
The Victorian restoration was the widespread and extensive refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria. It was not the same proc ...
, and its conservation was undertaken by
W. D. Caröe in 1908–09, with further work on the churchyard in 1919.
References
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Villages in Powys
Black Mountains, Wales