All Saints Newbridge-on -Wye

I have passed this church many times on my way to Rhayader though only the other week managed to stop off for a visit. There is very little history I can find on the church other than this

"This Victorian built church was designed by S. W. Williams, and erected in 1883 with later additions. A rather attractive exterior, and located on the side of the A470 in the village of Newbridge-on-Wye."

Couple of views showing the church  and the entrance to the churchyard

Looking back to the road

The East end of the church

and around to the South side

Above the West end is nearly on the boundary of the churchyard so nigh on imposable to get a good photo of

Going around the North side where there is an entrance to the vestry and the main one under the spire

Above the north side of All Saints with the spire

Left the churchyard over to the South of the church

It looks quite full and most of the headstones are in good condition

Above the carving on the cross caught my eye.

Left looking west on the churchyard

Over to the far South side were the more modern headstones are

Part of the older churchyard with daffodils

Above a couple of the headstones that also have footsones

The carving on one of the crosses

Aircraftman 2nd Class F T Pritchard who died in 1942, his wife with buried with him when she died in 1966

Some of the older crosses

The churchyard I notice is one that has more crosses than others I have visited

Near the boundary you can find these family vaults

The church was locked when I visited so no internal shots this week

Have a peaceful weekend 

Parish Church of St John Divine

 I had noticed The Parish Church of St John Divine Cwmbach Llechrhyd along what was the old A470  from Builth Wells many years ago when we passed by it on the way to the Elan Valley. Then a new road was built straightening out the old section between Builth Wells and  Newbridge on Wye thus isolating the small hamlet of Cwmbach Llechrhyd and its church. The only time I saw it was when we passed by along the new road above it and looked down on the spire. I finally got around to visiting the church while on my was to Landrindod Wells.There is not  much history I can find on the church other than it is Victorian and built in the 19th century. The church is in the Upper Wye Group of Churches

Your first view of the church from the road

The path leading to the church

The churchyard to the right which is still very much in use

The same can be said looking over to the right

This around the North West side of the church

The South side with the porch

Back around to the West end

Where you can see this inscription along the wall 

The North East end of the church

The East end with a view of the spire that had a ring of bells in it

I did try open the door leading to the church but it was firmly locked. The porch did have these stained glass windows in it

Which looked impressive and made me think what the rest of the church would have looked like inside

Up on the West end is a mixture of old and new graves

The headstones here are all in reasonable condition but then they only date from the 1800's

Looking back down the south side of the Church

The East end churchyard with all the newer burials 

The next church to visit in the area is Newbridge on Wye which is a similar looking church which I hopefully I will get access to 

Have a Peacefull Weekend

St Michael in the Willows Llanfihangel Helygen

One of the first churches I visited in Wales was St Michael Llanfihangel-Mant-Melanon the wall of the porch was this poster showing the various brochures dedicated to St Michael and since then I have been trying to visit them when I go the chance. I got the title from looking at the name of the church on the gate, it dates back to the mid 1500's  and the only history I could find can be read here
It is situated along a narrow road away from the village.

Above the first view you get of the church from the gate and left the new laid path leading to it

View of the north east part of the church

Going around the south side and the entrance

along to the east end

and back to the North side

View across the south side and churchyard

The East end o fthe church

The entrance awaits

Inside I did find the church dark and ended up using the flash to light up the church when needed. It was nice to see the box pews still in the church. Right the Altar with wooden cross and candle holders

Looking along the aisle

Near the front is a small organ

The pulpit stood out in the church

Inside the box pew at the back

The altar looking down from the Pulpit

The nave looking to the altar from the pulpit

and looking back

Above the font which I presume is quite old. Left a memorial to Anne

Either side of the altar are these, one is readable the other very faded

The only other memorial in the church

The churchyard has it share of family vaults fenced off

This one you see as you walk along the path to  the church

This one above is situated beside the Yew tree and the one thing I noticed is they are well maintained and kept painted












Most of the graves are on the south side though this small one is around the north

On the South side the headstones are more recent

showing the church still has a congregation going there

The whole place is situated amongst trees making it a peaceful place to be.

I'll leave you with this view and the thought you could sat here at peace from the world for a while

Have a nice weekend