Crickhowell Breconshire, Wales

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Crickhowell Breconshire, Wales
Crickhowell Breconshire, Wales

Church of St Edmund, Crickhowell, Breconshire, Wales.
It was built & endowed c1300 by Lady Sibyl www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/1Gq400 heiress of Sir Hugh Turberville, who inherited Crickhowell castle, & wife of Grimbald Pauncefot, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/9q73i7 on land she had donated.
Consisting of an aisled nave, chancel, crossing tower with later broach spire, transepts / chantry chapels and porch, the large dimensions reflect her wealth
The aisles were demolished in 1765 but replaced in a wider form in 1826 and 1835 so that they now project beyond the transepts.
The south transept was known for a long time as the Rumsey Chapel, probably the chantry of that wealthy local family, however in 1934 it was rededicated as the Lady Chapel and refurbished as part of a memorial to the men who died in the First World War.
Also here now moved north of the chancel altar from the centre of the nave, is the monument of Sir John Herbert 1666 & wife Joan Jones, erected by their only child Elizabeth Le Hunt, the survivor of 14c children. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/2323K5


Picture with thanks - copyright Philip Pankhurst CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2629819

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Taken on: March 31, 2020
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