St Edmund - Crickhowell, Powys
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The church is dedicated to St Edmund, King and Martyr.
The Church itself was built at the end of the 12th century by Lady Sybil Pauncefote who inherited the Castle from her father, Sir Hugh Turberville.
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Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/30/2014
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"The church is set in a particularly beautiful part of the Usk Valley, close to the south-eastern edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park. The little market town of Crickhowell is named after Crug Hywel, (Howell's Rock), the Iron Age Fort which can be seen on the horizon. The town has been a centre for tourism for over 100 years, and has a wide range of accommodation and eating places.
The church is dedicated to St Edmund, King and Martyr.
The Church itself was built at the end of the 12th century by Lady Sybil Pauncefote who inherited the Castle from her father, Sir Hugh Turberville whose family had been granted the Lordship by Bernard de Newmarch, the Norman Lord of Brecon after the Conquest.
The church is surprisingly large. It was originally cruciform in shape, the present side-aisles being added during the 19th Century.
Stained glass Amongst many items of interest are the two windows at the west end of these aisles, by Charles Eamer Kempe. The one illustrated depicts The Flight into Egypt and shows the Angel Gabriel leading the Holy Family to safety.
Icon There is also an Icon, created by Revd Brian Bessant, a former Rector, as a memorial. It is a re-creation of one of the two holy icons of the Resurrection, The Descent into Hell.
The effigies of Lady Sybil and her husband, Sir Grimbald Pauncefote, lie on either side of the Sanctuary, where there are memorials to several well-known local families such as the Rumseys, the Herberts, the Bevans and the Lathams, including one of two memorial tablets by the Brute family, local stonemasons from Llanbedr."
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