Saint Tybie's Churchyard - Llandybie - Wales. Great Britain - Churchyard Cemeteries on Waymarking.com

Saint Tybie's Parish Church. (visit link)

St Tybie's Church is situated within a large old walled churchyard.
A modern Cemetery has now been added.
The churchyard is best viewed on Google Earth.

"The church was a parish church during the post-conquest period, belonging to the Deanery of Stradtowy. It fell into the hands of King Edward I, and in 1284 he granted the advowson to the Bishop of St Davids as a stipend.

The church stands in what was conspicuously a round churchyard, the line of which is still traceable as a change of level within the present much-enlarged churchyard.

The beautiful stone church that stands in Llandybie today is medieval in origin. Its tower dominates the village and is visible for miles around although the clock wasn't added until 1920. There were, however, bells in the tower from early on – there is a mention in the fifteenth century of "3 bells great and small". The nave, chancel, tower and roof timbers are 13-14th century. Wales was finally subdued by Edward I in the 13th century and Llandybie, its church and its lands, were then passed around a bewildering number of Barons.

Edward I finally subdued Wales from 1282-84 but he didn't waste any time once he and his troops were here. In 1288 Edward acquired the tithes (taxes) of Llandybie and other parishes for a period of six years towards paying the cost of a crusade to Palestine. Tithes were church taxes levied at 10% on all people in the parish. They were paid in either money or produce and provided the money for the upkeep of the church and its duties towards the parish. As these included poor relief and tending of the sick, as well as the salary of the vicar and curates, this would have left Llandybie parish with nothing to provide for them.

It is in this period that we have the first recorded mention of Llandybie church, which can be found in the "Calendar of Chartered Rolls" (ii 275). On the 10th June in the 12th year of his reign [1284] Edward I granted Thomas, Bishop of St David's, permission to appoint a priest to "Llandegau". Text Source: (visit link)

Church of St.Tybie is a
Grade: 2 British Listed & protected building.
As a medieval church with a particularly fine tower, C19 interior and many fine monuments.
Date Listed: 7 August 1966
Cadw Building ID: 10915

Location: 2, Kings Rd,
Locality: Llandybie
County: Carmarthenshire
Country: Wales
Postcode: SA18 3HZ (visit link)

Street address of Church:
Saint Tybie's Parish Church .
2 Kings Road
Llandybie, Carmarthenshire Wales.
SA18 3HZ

Name of church or churchyard: Saint Tybie's Parish Church Approximate Size: Large (100+)

Visit Instructions:
VISIT LOGS

1. The waymark coordinates must be personally visited.
2. Give the date and a description of your visit
3. Post at least one photo taken at the time of your visit

Recent Visits/Logs:

Date Logged Log User Rating   02/18/2013 veritas vita visited it