Location: Skenfrith, Monmouthshire

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St. Bridget Church. Skenfrith, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, U.K. Text and photos of the church, cemetery and individual grave stones.
St. Bridget Church is a Grade 1 listed building. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Bridget%27s_Church,_Skenfrith
The church was consecrated in 1207. "Cornerstone, the journal of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) describes the church of St. Bridget as "one of the star buildings of Monmouthshire, a red sandstone church enlarged in later middle ages and again in C17 and with a timber belfry to the west tower, stands on the banks of the River Monnow, separating England and Wales, opposite a medieval castle and surrounded by hills in the small village of Skenfrith. It contains treasures of all kinds; some medieval glass, part of a medieval chancery screen, wall paintings, monuments, decorative Jacobean pews and early benches, furnishings from a 1660s re-ordering including the font, even an Opus Anglicanum C15 cope." http://www.skenfrith.org/st-bridgets-church/4570947561
"Site Description St Bridget's Church is a small medieval church built in several phases, the earliest phase is believed to date from the reign of King John (1199-1216), with aisles added before the fifteenth century. The tower walls are 5 feet thick and topped by a low 2-stage timber-framed "dovecote" belfry, the lower stage close-studded and the upper with two tiers of small square louvred openings and a pyramidal roof. The north aisle contains a very fine sixteenth century chest tomb of John Morgan (d. 1557), steward of the Duchy of Lancaster, last governor of the "Three Castles" (Grossmont, Skenfrith and White Castle), and MP for Monmouthshire Boroughs in 1553 and 1554. The lid has incised carving of the subject (a bearded man in cap and robe) together with his wife, surrounded by margin lettering. The church was repaired and restored in the later seventeenth century, and the nave and chancel roofs were replaced in 1896 by E.G. Davies. Further restoration was carried out 1909-1910. Source: CADW listed bildings database." https://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/221985/details/st-bridgets-church-skenfrith
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Photos of grave stones,- Name and Date of death:
Austin, Elizabeth 1770
Austin, John 1770
Austin, Morgan 1785
Baker, Stephen Cattley
Baker, Stehen Graham
Biggs, James
Carter, George 1814
Crawfurd, Anne Horatia 1855
Edwards, William 1889
Esmé, Cora 1934
Evans, Margaret 1887
Gwilli, David 1689
James, Katherine ?
Leocke, Elizabeth 1612
Lewis, Moses 1878
Lewis, Richard Higgins 1870
Luton, Emma 1880
Meredith, John 1889
Meredith, Joseph 1887
Moses, Jane 1917
Parry, Samuel 1690
Phillips, Anne
Phillips, James
Phillips, James (colonel) 1750
Phillips, Jane
Philpotts, Jane 1939
Philpotts, William John 1916
Vaughan, George 1772
Vaughan, William 1758
Wilkes, Edwin 1913
Williams, Mary 1879
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