St Cadog - Church in Wales - Cheriton, Wales. Great Britain.
N 51° 36.969 W 004° 14.358
30U E 414197 N 5719074
Church of St Cadog Cheriton is in the Parish of Llanmadoc and Cheriton, 'Church in Wales' Dioceses of Brecon & Swansea. The small 13th Century church, in the tiny village of Cheriton. Located on the Gower Peninsula, South Wales.
Waymark Code: WMHZ3J
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/30/2013
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Said to be the best looking church on the Gower, Cheriton Church of St Cadog is a small 13th Century church consisting of a Tower, Nave, $ Chancel, with a 19th Century Vestry & Porch. The tower has a rare saddle back roof.
"The small village of Cheriton is tucked away in the North West of the Gower peninsula. It is a rural village said to have the most beautiful church in Gower, The Church of St Cadog. It also boasts the oldest inhabited building in Gower, a 15th century glebe house, built for the order of Knights Hospitaller of St.John." Text Source: (
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"The first mention of Cheriton church is in 1472 It stands less than 2km from Llanmadoc church, which is known to be a pre-Norman foundation, that it was constructed to serve the ringwork castle on North Tor Hill, and that its parish was carved out of the original parish of Llanrhidian church, which is also a pre-Norman foundation. It is however possible that Llanmadoc and Cheriton may have been a pair of churches, such as are associated with some monastic sites though Cheriton, unlike Llanmadoc, has produced no Early Christian monuments, and the placename is not indicative of pre-Norman activity; the dedication, to St Cadoc, confirmed by Merrick is the only possible such pointer, and this is not conclusive. The fact that the church is not mentioned in the 1291 Taxatio Ecclesia is not proof that that it was not in existence at that time. Text Source: (
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"Built in the C13. Restored twice in C19, the first c1846, and the second, the main period of restoration, was carried out 1874-5. Further restoration in 1934. Consists of nave, tower, and chancel from C13, with C19 vestry and rebuilt S porch. The older sections of the church are local axe-dressed uncoursed masonry, with snecked course masonry to C19 sections;" Text Source: (
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National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW), the national collection of information about the historic environment of Wales. Web Site: (
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