St illtyds Sundail - Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
N 51° 41.260 W 004° 16.504
30U E 411859 N 5727070
St Illtyd's - The parish church features a small wall mounted Sundial dated 1775, positioned over the entrance porch door. Most of the current churches fabric is dated from 1350AD to 1500AD, Located in Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, South Wales.
Waymark Code: WMQCC5
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/04/2016
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The vertical wall mounted Sundial, above the Church porch door, is mounted at an angle to face due South.
The gnomon has appeared to have been broken off in the past & poorly repaired.
The metal dial plate is calibrated with Roman Numerals.
Engraved above the gnomon is the text;
MORGAN * MORGAN & THOMAS
CH W
DAVID . THOMAS . FECIT 1775
Note; Fecit is Latin for (He did it)
CH W - I think stands for Church Wardens.
"St Illtud's Church was a parish church during the medieval period, belonging to the Deqanery of Kidwelly. In 1120 it was granted to the Benedictines of Sherborne Abbey (Dorset), by Roger of Salisbury (Lord of Kidwelly). In 1353 Henry, Duke of Lancaster and the Bishop of st Davids granted the church, along with its two chapelrys, Llandury and Llancommowr, to the New College of Leicester. In 1366 the church was granted by the Bishop by John of Gaunt (Duke of Lancaster) to the Bishop of St Davids, on the condition that a chantry be founded within the church (to which the revenues of St Ishmael's church were appropraited). After the dissolution the advowson fell to the Crown, but subsequently found its way into private patronage. In 1853 it was in the patronage of the Earl of Ashburnham. This was purchased by the Elkington brothers in 1880, who later presented it to the Ecclesiastical Commission. In 1998 the church was once again a parish church. Text Source: (
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