St Madoc, Llanbadoc

 

 After the first one I saw yesterday was a failure I had picked another couple I could visit, the first I found no parking place untill a lady told me where I could park but I decided to leave it for another time. St Madoc looked more promising but alas no that also was locked but they  did say where to get the key so hopefully another time.

Took a while to find any history but Wikipeda has its own page on St Madoc so click on the link

 From just in the entrance, two ways to go

Looking up at the south east of the church from lower down the churchyard

North east view

Porch and the tower

Looking into the porch

The churchyard is a fare size with different headstones and the odd tomb chest

Some more modern headstones along with older ones 

Collage  of the churchyard

This one eroded away and the skull at the top worn smooth, age could be around 17/1800

Looking west tough the south side of the churchyard

This tomb stood out, just beyond the wall in the distance is the canal

Looking along the path to the north entrance

Looking east

Barbra daughter of William & Mary Morgan is about all you can read as the rest of the headstone has de laminated. 

Lady hugging a cross was under a fir tree

Up on the top of the bank is this large monument

Along the top of the bank

Another monument in the guise of a broken pillar

From near the end you look down on the church

I will leave you with this window I did see in the porch.

Till next time have a peaceful week 

St Michael, Cathedine

 

Last trip to Wales this year to pack up the caravan but I did manage to visit a couple of churches I was going past. The first one is St Michael, Cathedine which I found out after closed in 2010, if you click on the link you can read the history on the church which also shows some views inside and the stained glass windows. As you may guess I will not be going inside for a look

Looking down from the top of the churchyard near the roadside

 Hear with the trees in the way

The church with spire which is over on the north side

South west of the church with the porch on the west end

The tower of the church and the outline of the roof from the north aisle

 

Around the north east side

Looking on the north side

  Finally back to the south east

The churchyard must have been really overgrown as there is evidence of someone cutting back the undergrowth reveling some of the old graves

Couple of family plots cut back

Commonwealth War Grave of L Cpl F.J.Davis of the South Wales Borderers 28th February 1943 age 32

Jones family plot which again may well have been in the undergrowth as it was at the top of the churchyard

These graves were certainly lost from view at one time 

Tomb and headstones in the ivy

Tome and a fenced off plot

 South of the church with an area that has been cut back

Sunken headstone which I think dates back to the 17/1800's

Looking up the North side of the churchyard looking east

South side looking east

Back down looking west

Some older headstones

Forgotten headstones and family plots near the east end of the church

East end looking north

 Last look down the churchyard

I will leave you with a collage this week. Shame the church is redundant it would have been good to look inside. 

This was on the doorway 

Till next time may I wish you all a peaceful week