by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 12, 2025 | Gower Churches
Standing beneath a limestone buff, Llanrhidian Church is situated in a splendidly quiet and beautiful corner of land that leads off from the sharply sloping village green. Originally dedicated to St. Rhidian and later to St. Illtyd, the present building dates from the...
by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 12, 2025 | Gower Churches
Nicholaston Church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, was said to have been rebuilt on its present site, stone by stone from an even earlier church that had become besanded near Nicholaston Woods. Of this second 14th century church very little remains, however, save for a...
by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 12, 2025 | Gower Churches
The medieval church of St. Illtyd must possess one of the most beautifully situated graveyards in the country. Itself almost buried by the giant canopy of a dense and steeply inclined wood, the church appears to stand aloof from the village and the sandy bay it...
by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 12, 2025 | Gower Churches
A Roman villa once stood on the site now occupied by Oystermouth Church. The remaining traces of this earlier building are now on view within the church, embedded in a slate display on its western wall. Known officially as the Church of All Saints, Oystermouth Church...
by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 12, 2025 | Gower Churches
Replacing the abandoned church located on Penmaen Burrows (which was besanded in the early 14th Century), Penmaen Church is a small building with a correspondingly tiny churchyard. Dedicated to John the Baptist, there is a fine stained glass window depicting the saint...
by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 12, 2025 | Gower Churches
The origins of Pennard Church are steeped in mystery but what is known is that the church was originally located next to Pennard Castle, on the high ground overlooking the magnificent sweep of Three Cliffs bay. A tiny fragment of this original building can still be...
