St Elidyr's Church Crunwere Llanteg

Stained Glass Windows (In Wales)

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The following images and text is taken from http://stainedglass.llgc.org.uk/site/468#largeimage and are all © Martin Crampin.

Photo © Martin Crampin

The Crucifixion with the Resurrection and Ascension

About 1878.
Three-light window. Christ crucified between Mary and John in the central light; Christ ascending with disciples and Mary below (left-hand light); Christ stepping out of the tomb, holding a banner, with two soldiers below (right-hand light). Agnus Dei and sacred monograms above.
Size: 46 cm (width of the central light).
Firm/studio: William Wailes.
East wall of the chancel.

Photo © Martin Crampin

The Risen Christ Appearing to St Mary Magdalene

1950.
Single-light window.
Size: 40 cm (width) [approx].
Firm/studio: Celtic Studios.
South wall of the nave (baptistry).
Signed by the firm.
Given in memory of members of the Morris family.

Photo © Martin Crampin

Harvest Window

1954.
Two-light window.
Size: 46 cm (width of each light).
Firm/studio: Celtic Studios.
North wall of the nave.
Given in memory of the James family. Alfred James had been churchwarden for 25 years.
The farm in the upper roundel is Broomylake Farm.

Photo © Martin Crampin

Proposed Book

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Llanteg History Society propose compiling a book on St Elidyr's Church, Llanteg, as a memento to our closed village church.

However until the fate of the closed church building is decided we will not be able to proceed as we also want to document what actually happens to the building and the tombstones therein.

Church Building and Architecture, Crunwere, Llanteg

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Sketch of Crunwere Church by Geoff Scott

Prepared for the Llanteg Village leaflet

Architecture
This church was Grade 11 listed in 1998.
There is some evidence for a pre-conquest (pre-1066) religious use of the site, as it has a Celtic dedication and is mentioned in early post-conquest documents (mentioned as Lann Cronnguern in the Book of Llandaff 1120-40).
St Elidyr (equated with St Teilo), Crunwere, was a parish church, during the post-conquest period, of the medieval Deanery of Pembroke. The living was a rectory which was in the possession of the Benedictines of Monkton Priory, Pembroke. Monkton was dissolved under Henry V and its possessions transferred to St Albans Abbey. At the dissolution it fell to the crown and remained in royal patronage. In 1833 the living was a discharged rectory rated in the king’s books at £6 16s 10d.It is a medieval church, with 40% pre-19th century core fabric. The church is situated central within earthwork and a possible disappeared medieval village site. External memorials and burial earthworks lie significantly close to the church.
A medium sized multicell church, consisting of chancel, vestry (north of chancel), nave, north and south transept, western tower of three storeys (with medieval vaulting but largely rebuilt). There may have formally been a northern skew-passage or north chapel.£50 was spent on an attempt to repair the church in 1814. The church was felt to be too low and it was probably at this time that the floor was excavated to beneath ground level to increase the apparent height, resulting in problems of damp, cold and decay.
The Rev’d W.D.Phillips was inducted in 1839 and the next year he resolved to rebuilt it all except for the tower and parts of the walls, at an estimate of £230. The ICBS (Incorporated Church Building Society) granted £35 in 1846 and subsequently £10 more. The work cost £241; there is no mention of any architect’s fee, but the name Thomas Jones appears on the application. The accompanying plan is inaccurate. The church was re-opened in late 1847.Sir S.Glynne, visiting in 1869 remarked that the church was entered from the west end and through the tower. He considered the medieval masonry had been retained in the north side. He also remarked on a pointed arch in the north wall of the chancel.
The church was again restored in 1878 by T.David of Laugharne. The original south door was re-opened, and the porch added. The pews were changed to bench seats (from box pews) and four additional windows were inserted. The vestry was probably added at this time.The church is of limestone rubble construction, interior walls with render/plaster. It has slate gable roofs, vestry with slate lean-to. Medieval openings and vaulting in tower. Other internal arches are from 1843. The roofs are from 1843, floors and finishes from 1878.The church’s nave, north transept and chancel may be fundamentally medieval but were extensively rebuilt in 1843 and cannot be closely dated; the north transept was however secondary, exhibiting an external joint with the nave.
The tower is later, possibly from the mid-late 16th century. The south transept is from 1843. The south porch was rebuilt in 1878 on the site of an earlier porch.
A drawing dated 1847 shows the church both before and after the 1843 rebuild. The pre-rebuild church comprised chancel, nave, north transept, south porch and west tower. The south porch door was a simple square opening which may date the former porch to the late 18th – early 19th century. The church was re-roofed, re-seated and presumable re-floored. Any former skew-passage or north chapel had gone.
The post-rebuild church is shown with the new south transept and the porch doorway was rebuilt as a 2-centred arch.The church was restored again in 1878, but neither the details nor the architect are known. The south porch was entirely rebuilt, and the present windows were inserted. The nave heating chamber was inserted.The altar rail and softwood pews are probably all from 1878, as may be the oolite (limestone) pulpit. The oolite font has an octagonal bowl and stem, and a square base, all 19th century and probably from 1878.There is one bell in the tower.
A corbel lies high up on the external face of the north wall, possibly relating to a former component – a skew-passage or north chapel.The chancel arch is from 1843, as is the softwood roof. The tiled floor is from 1878.
The nave is lit by two windows in the south wall – both from 1878. It is tiled, on suspended board floors (from 1878) with a below-ground heating chamber.
The west tower is of three storeys and typical of the region, being tapered and the style is of the mid-late 16th century. A square spiral stair turret projects from the eastern half of the north wall. The ground floor is entered from the nave through a plain mid-late 16th century arch. No evidence of the now blocked west doorway remains, but the west wall has a large window. The flagged floor may be from 1843. The second stage is lit by a simple slit light in the north face, and a low mid-late 16th century light in the west face. The belfry stage has openings in all four faces, again from the mid-late 16th century. The crenellated parapet has bee restored.The south transept was added in 1843. A vent in the south wall may lead to an underfloor chamber, inserted in 1878.
The south porch was entirely rebuilt in 1878 ad has a flagged floor.The lean-to vestry was also added in 1878, possibly occupying the site of a skew-passage or north chapel.The church is on an earthwork platform under 25% of the building. There is a very shallow drain all the way around. There are suspended floors above a void in 60% of the church, there is a below-ground heating chamber in 5% of the building, possibly a cellar beneath 15% of the church.

Building Phases
1 – Chancel and nave – possibly 13th century.
2 – North transept (and skew passage/north chapel?) possibly 14th century.
3 – West tower – mid-late 16th century.
4 – Former south porch – 18th- early 19th century.
5 – South transept added and partial rebuild in 1843.
6 – Restored in 1878 – south porch rebuilt, vestry built on, box pews and gallery removed.

Exterior
There are wrought iron double gates with a cobbled path leading to the porch. There is a stile in the wall adjacent to the gate.
The ruin of a small stone building stands at the north west of the church, and there is a well in the field to the north. (The stone building referred to was once used as a stable when the rector would ride across the fields from the Rectory to come to church.)
A tower of moderate height and local type with its stairs turret at the north east corner and of local sandstone of varied type in large courses. The tower and its stairs turrets both have crenellated parapets on corbels with slit lights on the stairs. Tower and much of the fabric of the church are medieval though of uncertain date. The parts added or greatly restored in the 19th century are in a sandstone rubble masonry. A slate monument on the east wall of the south transept is to John Howell (full details below). The pointed open arch of the porch has a curiously rustic decoration of flowerhead motifs impressed in render (as done by Hugh James of Arfryn).

Interior
Chancel 4m by 6m
Nave 12m by 7m
There is one step up to the chancel arch and one to the sanctuary. The chancel ceiling is of timber boarding in vault form. The altar has a low wide reredo installed in 1934. The east window of three lights and three roundels with stained glass is in poor condition.
The chancel arch has a modern rood beam installed. There are similar arches to the transepts.
Post war stained glass in the two nave windows.
The tower base has a stone floor and stone-vaulted ceiling.

Dyfed Archaeological Trust.
The church consists of a nave (32ft by 18ft), chancel (15ft by 12ft), north transept (14ft by 11ft), south transept (14ft by 11ft) and a western tower (17ft north and south by 16ft east and west). It was rebuilt in 1843 (when the south transept was added) and restored in 1878, with the exception of the tower and north transept. The tower is of the traditional ‘Pembrokeshire’ type and consists of three storeys, the lowest one having a plain vault. The tower is lighted by narrow loops. The west door is blocked and the window above is modern, as is the font.

Visited 20th May 1915,
Account to the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments

Crunwere Roll of Honour, Llanteg

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CRUNWERE ROLL OF HONOUR

VILLAGERS WHO SERVED IN THE TWO WORLD WARS

Men of the parish and district who died in the Great War 1914-18:-

Davies William, Private, Bevelin

Glanville H.S., Private, Lanteg

Men killed in action in the Second World War 1939-45:
Owen L.G.J., S.O. R.A.F, Syke Farm

Mason J., A.B. R.N., Ruel Wall

Men who served their country in the First World War:
Allen W.T. Private Rose Cottage
Beynon William Driver Gorse
Callen A. Private Longlane
Callen W. Driver Longlane
Connol William Private Greenacre
Collingwood William Private Three Wells
Davies J. Private Blackheath
Glanville L. Private Lanteg
Glanville R. Engineers Lanteg
George R.G. Private Downs
Hodge A. Private Barriets
Howells William Private Woodreef
James B. Private Cabin
James C. Gunner Summer Brook
James F. Private Cabin
James H. Gunner Blackheath
James J. Corporal Ruel Wall
James T. Corporal Ruel Wall
James William Gunner Broomy Lake
James William H. Corporal Cabin
Jones G.S. Private Heatherland
Jones H. Private Heatherland
Jones N.G. 2nd Lieut. Heatherland
Lewis J. Private Barn
Lewis T. Private Folly
Mortimer J.S. Sergeant Ledgerland
Phillips A.G. Private Corner
Phillips D. Gunner Corner
Phillips T.D. Captain Crafty
Phillips T.W. Sapper Corner
Phillips William Driver Corner
Phillips W.C. Private Crafty
Reynolds S. Driver Belle Vue
Scourfield J. L. Corp. Pantglas

Men and women who served their country in the Second World War:
Allen N. L.A.C. Oxford
Brinsden A.H. Corporal Stanwell
Bevan K. L.A.C. Brownslade
Davies W.H. Driver Brynely
Davies N.H. Corp. R.A.C. Brynely
Davies E.G. Corp. R.A.C. Brynely
Eyden J. Private Syke Farm
George A. L.A.C. Downs
Glanville H.R. Driver Lanteg West
Hawes Miss M. A.T.S. Subaltern Heatherland
Howells A. Driver The Valley
Jones N.J.G. Colonel Heatherland
Jones G.S.G. Major Heatherland
James W.H. Gunner Blackheath
James H.R. L.A.C. Blackheath
James W.G. Gunner Bevlin
James H.G. Gunner Bevlin
Mortimer Miss D. W.A.A.F Summer Brook
Oriel A. Driver Garness
Owens V.M. R.A.F. Syke Farm
Phelps G. A.C. Milton Back
Williams G. Capt. Lanteglos
Williams Mrs R. Red Cross Lanteglos
Wolff T. S. African Navy School House
Wolff Miss S. W.A.A.F. Section Officer School House
Wolff D. W.O. R.A.F. School House Wolff Miss K. W.A.A.F. School House

History of Crunwere Parish, Llanteg

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Crunwere (also previously known as Crunwear) is a small rural parish with the parish church being situated on almost the very easterly border with Carmarthenshire, the tiny stream than runs to the east of it being both the parish and county border.
There is also a ‘well’ marked on maps, situated just outside the churchyard’s north easterly corner.

1844 - Samuel Lewis in the Topographical Directory of Wales 1844 gives the following description for ‘Cronwere’:
266 inhabitants, 2000 acres (1500 arable, 500 pasture). Hilly, soil various, red earth affording rich pasture, other parts are cold and sterile...there is a village named Lanteague, the only one in the parish, also a corn mill and a mill where the coarse cloth of the county is prepared and dyed..... a limestone quarry is worked, producing a material of fine quality.....the Church now nearly in ruins and contains 200 sittings. A day school with 55 children taught at the expense of their parents, also a Sunday School, supported by subscription, with about 40 children.

Crunwere Parish

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20th Century Map of Crunwere

The red line denotes the boundary of Crunwere Parish.

19th Century Map of Crunwere Parish

Notice the old road layout before the A477 road cut throught the area in the 1830s.

Many of the little lanes are still there as footpaths.

The map is from the "Historic Parishes of England & Wales"
boundaries before 1850, the History Data Service.

From 1801 to 1900 the following took place at Crunwere Church:

Baptisms - 629
Marriages - 156
Burials - 361

Tour Inside Crunwere Church

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Virtual Tour of St Elidyr Church, Crunwere

(90+ Photographs)

(There are also the same photographs here http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=4232968 - they are recorded on the Geograph website as well because no-one can now gain entry to the church as it is officially redundant and the more accessible the photographs are the better.)

Crunwere Church - named Lann Cronnguern in the 12th century Book of Llandaff.
Of limestone rubble construction.

Rebuilt in 1843 (when the South Transept was added).

Restored in 1878 at a cost of £550 (with the exception of the North Transept and Tower).

A medieval church central within an earthwork of a disappeared village site.

Sadly now declared redundant, so here is a virtual tour showing most of the main features of St Elidyrs:-

OUTSIDE CHURCH

Isolated location

Church tower

Decoration above porch

South porch rebuilt in 1878 on site of earlier porch. Decoration added by Hugh James of Arfryn

Vent in south wall of South Transept could indicate that there is an underground chamber (may have been added in 1878 when built)

Gravestone embedded in the outside wall of the South Transept. Stone states:

Near this wall lies the body of John Howell A.M. The son of Reynold Howell of Trenewyed, Gent. He was sometime Rector of New Radnor but in the year of Trial 1691 was deprived of all that he could not keep with a good conscience. Who died Jan. 17th 1727, aged 70. (A stone tablet in memory of a non-juring clergyman)

Ordnance Survey Trig Plate on south wall of South Transept

Crunwere Church and carpark

Church approach through field

ENTERING CHURCH

Old door into church

Inside of doorway

Restoration Fund box just inside doorway

Memorial to right of doorway in Nave to Augusta Louisa Philipps of Oakland who died in in 1892 aged 25yrs

Memorial to left of doorway in Nave to Talbot Davies who died in 1907 aged 32 yrs - interred at Mount Pleasant Cemetary, Seattle

NAVE

32ft x 18ft

North Nave Window

Called the Broomylake Window - with a representation of the farm in the top roundelle. In memory of Alfred James (Churchwarden for 25yrs - died 1950), his wife Elizabeth (died 1939) and their daughter Evelyn (died 1931)

South Nave window
The Lord and his Mother - in memory of Benjamin Hancock Morris (died 1941), Elizabeth his wife (died1949) and their daughter Annie (died 1936)

View down aisle to altar

Memorial plaque to Hugh Slader Glanville who died at Gaza in the 1st World War - Interred at Beersheba in 1917 aged 25yrs

(This plaque was relocated to Llanteg Hall in November 2009 as the church is now closed and redundant.)

View into North and South Transepts

Two plain windows

One of many old gas lamps still in place

View west back down aisle

The Pulpit

Views from the pulpit:-

South Transept

Down aisle

Poor photograph showing wooden ceilings

Looking into North Transept

FLOORS

Tiled floors apparently date from the 1878 renovations

(suspended floors in 60% of church)

Possible under floor heating in 5% of church

SOUTH TRANSEPT

14ft x 11ft

View into South Transept

Gravestone of Ann, daughter of Robert and ELizabeth Morgan of Trenewydd who died in 1826 aged 8yrs

NORTH TRANSEPT

14ft x 11ft

Plaque to Mr Benjamin Jones of Heatherland who bequeathed money in his Will for the instalation of electicity to church - A faithful and zealous Warden of this parish for over 40 years

View into North Transept

Gravestone of Thomas Davies, late of Lanteague Esq, who died in 1706 aged 98yrs

CHANCEL

15ft x 12ft

Rood beam

Wooden Rood Beam erected in memory of Robert Davies late of Greenacre (1861-1936) and his wife Emma E. (1866-1945). A gift of their son Paul Davies, Faith, Judy and Paul Junior, California (1957)

East window over altar

Victorian stained glass window over altar gifted by the late Mrs Georgiana Morgan of Heatherland in memory of her husband Rev'd Richard Morgan (a son of Trenewydd)

Small Vestry window

Small door into Vestry - brass plaque records that the carpet in the Sanctuary was given in memory of Margaret Bowen by her husband Mr I.B.Bowen, Churchwarden, in 1974

Reredos - oak panelling behind the altar in memory on Thomas Jones (Priest) and Jane Morgan (erected by Emma Jane Jones in 1934)

Gravestone of the Dalton family - Ann, wife of Rev'd Thomas Dalton, Rector of Crunwere who died in 1815 (aged 76yrs), their daughter in 1818 (aged 41yrs) and their son John, Gent, Surgeon, who died in 1822 (aged 41yrs)

Ten Commandments either side of altar

FONT

Heavy oak font lid in memory of Mabel Prosser (died 1950) - given by her sister Patty Davies of Sparrowsnest

View of font and towards altar

TOWER

17ft x 16ft

Dates from the mid 16th century

Of traditional Pembrokeshire type with three storeys. The western door was blocked up and a window installed.

Cross on door into base of tower area

Hatch and bellrope in base of tower

Western window (once the doorway)

Door up to tower

Three apertures for bellropes (only one in use)

West window where indentations from staircase are only just visible top right above window

Memorials inside Crunwere Church

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Windows in red, memorials in green.

Gravestone embedded into porch.

South Nave - Memorial to right of doorway in Nave to Augusta Louisa Philipps of Oakland who died in in 1892 aged 25yrs

South Nave - Memorial to left of doorway in Nave to T albot Davies who died in 1907 aged 32 yrs - interred at Mount Pleasant Cemetary, Seattle

North Nave - Memorial plaque to Hugh Slader Glanville who died at Gaza in the 1st World War - Interred at Beersheba in 1917 aged 25yrs

(This plaque was relocated to Llanteg Hall in November 2009 as the church is now closed and redundant.)

South Transept - Gravestone of Ann, daughter of Robert and ELizabeth Morgan of Trenewydd who died in 1826 aged 8yrs

North Transcept - Gravestone of Thomas Davies, late of Lanteague Esq, who died in 1706 aged 98yrs

South Chancel - Gravestone of the Dalton family - Ann, wife of Rev'd Thomas Dalton, Rector of Crunwere who died in 1815 (aged 76yrs), their daughter in 1818 (aged 41yrs) and their son John, Gent, Surgeon, who died in 1822 (aged 41yrs)

Gravestone embedded in the outside wall of the South Transept. Stone states:

Near this wall lies the body of John Howell A.M. The son of Reynold Howell of Trenewyed, Gent. He was sometime Rector of New Radnor but in the year of Trial 1691 was deprived of all that he could not keep with a good conscience. Who died Jan. 17th 1727, aged 70. (A stone tablet in memory of a non-juring clergyman)

Stained Glass Windows

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Windows in red, memorials in green.

North Nave Window

South Nave window
The Lord and his Mother - in memory of Benjamin Hancock Morris (died 1941), Elizabeth his wife (died1949) and their daughter Annie (died 1936)

East window over altar

Victorian stained glass window over altar gifted by the late Mrs Georgiana Morgan of Heatherland in memory of her husband Rev'd Richard Morgan (a son of Trenewydd)

Origins of St Elidyr Dedication

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Consecration of New Graveyard 1937

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Consecration of Crunwere Churchyard – 1937

This refers to the ‘new’ top section north of the gateway west up the slope from the church

‘On Tuesday last the Bishop of St Davids consecrated the new churchyard at Crunwere Church. Before the service began every available seat was filled, and after prayers the Rector of Crunwere, Reverend D.Morgan, headed a procession followed by the Lord Bishop, attended by his Chaplain, the two Crunwere Churchwardens, the clergy in their robes, the Sunday School and a large number of parishioners and people from outlying districts who all walked around the new burial ground.

A halt was made while the Bishop performed the sacred rite of consecration. A service followed in the church. At the close of the service all proceeded to the school, where an excellent tea was served by Mrs Morgan, wife of the Rector, assisted by several members of the local branch of the Mothers’ Union.

Everyone felt deeply grateful for the glorious weather which helped to ensure the success of the event, which was probably unique in the annals of Crunwere Parish.’

Narberth Weekly News 14 October 1937.

Crunwere School Records - 4 Oct 1937 - the Rector pointed out that during the following week (Tuesday 12th October), the new extension to the churchyard would be consecrated by the Lord Bishop of St. David’s and that as the school room would be required for tea after the service he asked the Managers to allow a holiday for that day - granted.

Location and Pictures

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Reproduced from Ordnance Survey data by permission of Ordnance Survey c.Crown copyright - winipaedia maps

The Church That Time Forgot!

Not so much find the church - more find the sign!!

Here it is again among the brambles - thought it had been taken down at first!

View of the church across the field.

The view from the church lane - you have to go throguh the field to get to the church.

Another view across the field.

Crunwere's porch and cobbled path

Crunwere Church in the frost

The ruins of the Reverend's stable

The church's small carpark

Church's small carpark and yew tree

Sign on A477 opposite Llanteg Garage to direct people up the narrow church lane -

once the main route through the village.

Which will go first I wonder - the lettering off the sign or the church itself?

The top gate into the new churchyard - this was once the main gate into the church when

the doorway was in the base of the tower

Church carpark

Stile in wall into churchyard

Stile in wall - looking west along the wall which goes around the new yard

Church gate

Detail of church tower

Church tower

Stile in wall - looking from inside the yard

Eastern end of carpark

Old gravestone embedded in the South Chancel wall

Windows in base of tower. This was once where the old doorway into the church had been

Church building now fenced off as unsafe

The old gatepost

Sunday School Party at Llanteglos.

I can recognise Margaret Glanville (later Hooper)

Millie Phillips Middleton and Pattie Phillips Sparrowsnest

(Any help with the other people or the vicar welcome)

Charles F.Shepherd St Elidyr A Historical Note

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Extracts from - St Elidyr Crunwere – A Historical Note

by Charles F.Shepherd, published 1933, reprinted 1988

Mr Shepherd published the only booklet on Crunwere parish until the History Society was formed in 1999.

Crunwere Church
‘The book of Llan Dav* has two references to this parish, which was called in olden days Llancronwern, and from the evidence its proper name should doubtless be Cronwern. In this book, too, is to be found the earliest extant notice of the parish. It mentions a stream, the ‘Rhath’, which flows near the church and forms the boundary between Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire….The stream is shown on Professor Rees’ Map of South Wales in the Fourteenth Century as Cronwern Brook.
The church is dedicated to St Elidyr. There are four churches in Pembrokeshire dedicated in honour of this saint: Crunwere, Amroth, Ludchurch and Stackpole Elidor. Fenton, in his Tours Through Pembrokeshire, states that these churcheswere founded and endowed by Sir Elidwr de Stackpool. In an early charter, mention is made of Crunwere as being given to St Teilo of Llandaff, and the Episcopal registers of 1486 give it as the parish church of St Teilo. It is quite possible, too, that Elidyr is but a scribe’s error in writing “Eliud”, which was another name for Teilo.
The church was in ruins in the early part of the nineteenth century. It was rebuilt in 1843, and restored in 1878 at a cost of £516. The tower is of the usual Pembrokeshire type. Four additional windows were added (to the church) which greatly improved the lighting.
During the restoration, the old gallery was removed, as were also the box pews.
The East window is of three parts, depicting in the centre the Crucifixion, on the left the Ascension, and on the right the Resurrection.
The chalice is Elizabethan, and is of the Amroth type, its ornamentation corresponding exactly with that of the Amroth chalice. There is the usual band of decorated strapwork round the bowl, and this enlcosed the following inscription:

+POCVLVM*ECLESIE*DE*CROVNWARE

Underneath the foot is roughly scratched:

E..de.Cronwer 8½oz

This would include the weight of the paten cover, which has been lost. The only mark is that of the makers, a provincial mark that is found on much of the church plate of Pembrokeshire. The date, according to this mark, is put at 1574-87. Besides this there is another chalice, a paten, and a flagon, al of plated metal.
The church register dates from 1725.
This rectory originally formed part of the possessions of Pembroke Priory, and afterwards was granted by the King, together with other property of that Priory, to the Abbbey of St Albans. By A.D. 1594 it had come into the hands of the Crown.

Vicars
Simon Johan and Richard Portyn were presented by the King by reason of Pembroke Proiry,being in his hands on account of thewar with

France

. Griffin Lloid signed the abjuration of the Papal authority in 1534. He was presented to the living by the Abbot of St Albans.
From Nicholas Nicols till 1886 the living was in the gift of the Crown, when at the latter date it devolved upon the Lord Chancelor. At the Dissestablishment, itbecaome the gift of the Bishop of St Davids and the Board of Patronage.

Schools
‘The Abstract of Education Returns 1833:
…One Sunday School, consisting of 40 males and females, is supported by voluntary contributions, commenced in 1823.

Weddings
Years ago the old custom of issuing bidding notices to weddings was in vogue in this parish. To-day the custom does not exist, but the interesting one of roping the bride and groom as they leave the church is still to be seen.

‘Yet the old church still stands as a witness as it did in days gone by. Round it are centred memories that will be forever green, and here will worship the descendants of those who, too, have followed in their fathers’ footsteps.’

* It is believed that the Book of Llandaff (Liber Landavensis), was written between 1120 and 1140. It is one of Wales’s earliest ecclesiastical manuscripts and is of considerable bulk, comprising 128 vellum pages. The Book is held at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, and a digitised version is on view on their website.

Crunwere Graves and Burials

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Picture SurveyCarried out by Llanteg History Society with the help of a grant from PAVS.

The survey consisted of a photograph of each grave (296 in total in the parish church and two chapels). We then made out a sheet for each grave and used codes (taken from Harold Mytum's book) to categorise the styles of gravestone. We also collected the verses off the stones.
The names and dates of those buried had been collected previously and published in our Burial Booklet.
One copy of the survey has been sent to Harold Mytum of Liverpool University as he is doing research into Pembrokeshire gravestone styles.
Another was deposited at the Record Office, Haverfordwest.
We will be keeping the original photographs and one copy for the History Society.
We also gave copies of the relevent sections to Rev'd Geach (for Crunwere Church), Amroth Community Council (for Mountain Chapel) and E.C.Thomas & Sons (for Zoar Chapel of Rest).
Thanks to Ruth and Andy Webb, who, together with John Lewis-Tunster, took all the photographs and also to Ruth Webb who collected the verses off the gravestones. Ruth Roberts put the files together and stuck in all the photographs (which were all ordered via Kodak over the internet and delivered very promptly).

Ruth and Andy managed to decipher some gravestones that we had previously marked as ‘illegible’ in our earlier Grave Booklet and even managed to find three ‘new’ gravestones.

Links to pictures:

In/on the church - http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/I.jsp?c=cqwtkdlp.2o4rkvow9&x=0&h=1&y=-pdc0x6&localeid=en_GB

Rows A-D - http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/I.jsp?c=cqwtkdlp.2359vmo3t&x=0&h=1&y=kqnope&localeid=en_GB

Rows E-J - http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/I.jsp?c=cqwtkdlp.xbm7aukp&x=0&h=1&y=-ymhenr&localeid=en_GB

Rows K-Q - http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/I.jsp?c=cqwtkdlp.2fe9jps5l&x=0&h=1&y=od6oj9&localeid=en_GB

Rows R-S -http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/I.jsp?c=cqwtkdlp.27b4029zd&x=0&h=1&y=qkp8wh&localeid=en_GB

Rows T-U - http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/I.jsp?c=cqwtkdlp.1406fl43t&x=0&h=1&y=-8ya87j&localeid=en_GB

Row V - http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/I.jsp?c=cqwtkdlp.1rgjlbwnd&x=0&h=1&y=ujlfle&localeid=en_GB

Rows X-Z - http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/I.jsp?c=cqwtkdlp.3djhq4ts9&x=0&h=1&y=-pa5sw8&localeid=en_GB

Or if you want to see the whole lot together go to:-

http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/I.jsp?c=cqwtkdlp.h947nb61&x=0&h=1&y=-5qwy62&localeid=en_GB

Sorry but if you want details of the names etc you'll have to get our booklet for £3.

Its not that we are trying to make money - just that the way we've collected the information doesn't allow us to upload it here.

CRUNWERE BURIALS 1813-1920

During these 107 years there were 396 burials at Crunwere Church, averaging
between three and four a year. 1853 stands out as a particularly bad year as
there were thirteen burials. 1917/18/19 do not show a high degree of deaths
so Crunwere must have escaped the worst ravages of the Spanish ‘Flu
epidemic, except for Mrs Charlotte Dunbar, Headmistress, who died of the
influenza in December 1918.

Personal tragedies are revealed with the burials of three people from
the Folly between the 10th and 27th of January 1815 (William aged 22,
Hannah aged 21, and baby John 11 months).

Childhood mortality again affected one household in 1894 when
two children from Crafty, Agnes May and Florence Phillips, were buried
between the 15th and 28th May aged just 1 year and 4 years old.

The oldest person to be buried was Martha Thomas of Summerhill
who was 102 years when she died in February 1822. Mary Price of Lanteague
is recorded as being 101 years when she died in 1893, and Elizabeth Davis
of Bevlin 100 years when she was buried in 1849. In contrast the youngest
burial was in February 1910 when baby Agnes John of Llanteg Farm died
aged just six and a half hours.

Thomas Oriel, who died in 1848 aged four months, was living on
Caldey Island; while Thomas James from Milton died in London aged 26
years in 1858.

Some people who are buried in Crunwere churchyard must have
had rather grim ends to their lives, dying in the Narberth Union Workhouse
(now Allensbank).
They are recorded as:

James Dalton, aged 92, died 1863.
John Hodge, aged 14 months, died 1881.
Mary Griffiths, aged 85, died 1898.
Celia Dalton, aged 65, died 1899.
Mary Wilkins, aged 78, died 1910.
Another poor unfortunate was George Lewis, who died in 1904 aged
61 years at the Lunatic Asylum at Carmarthen.

Breakdown of Burials 1813-1920

Age     Burials

0-2        65

3-9        30

10-19   31

20-39    53

40-59    47

60-79 101

80-99    66

100+       3

Church Banners

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Crunwere Church Banners

St Davids Diocese banner

Crunwere Mother's Union banner

Church Plans

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Old Plans for Crunwere Church 1840s

CRUNWEAR, St. Elidyr (1847)
CRUNWEAR
groundplan, elevation and other created by ?Thomas JONES

CRUNWEAR, St. Elidyr (1840-1848)
CRUNWEAR
groundplan created by ?Thomas JONES

CRUNWEAR, St. Elidyr (1840-1848) Pembrokeshire
Parish of CRUNWEAR, St. David's diocese
ICBS 02646 Folios 26ff.
Grant Reason: Rebuild Outcome: Approved
Professionals Thomas JONES (Architect)
Minutes: Volume 12 page 323, Volume 13 pages 56,81
Groundplan (after work); Groundplan (before work and after work); Elevation (after work); Other (after work)

Taken from http://www.churchplansonline.org/retrieve_results.asp?c=Pembrokeshire&offset=20

List of Vicars

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List of Incumbents

Names from 1344 to 1987 were researched by Mr Charles F.Shepherd for his booklet St Elidyr Crunwere - A Historical Note, first published in 1933 and revised in 1988.

These are names he was able to trace and may not be the complete list - we have added names up to the present date.

1344	Simon Johan
1349	Richard Portyn
1407	Thomas Bron
1407	James Vayner
1486	John David
1486	John Tudor
1534	Griffin Lloid
1554	Nicholas Nicols
1631	Humphrey Smart
1703	Charles Williams
1755	Thomas Williams
1783	Thomas Dalton
1830	William Morgan
1830	David Jones
1839	William Davies Phillips
1886	William Garner
1907	Richard Roberts Jones
1917	Evan Davies
1923	Robert Jackett
1934	Daniel Morgan
1948	Isambard George Horatio Bowen-Harries
1955	D.G.Lloyd Jones
1958	David Stanley Hobbs
1979	John Burrenston Lewis
1987	David Williams
1995	Nicholas Cale
2002	Dylan Bate
2007	Sarah Geach - last vicar of Crunwere