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Tag Archives: St Brynach’s Church
Part 2: A Christmas Wedding
SARAH ALLEN, DIED JUNE 16, 1941, 81 YRS STEPNEY The first name on the memorial in Nevern’s Churchyard is that of Sarah Allen who died in 1941, at Llwyngwair. Sarah Jane Lawson was born to James Lawson and Mary Ellerton … Continue reading
Posted in History, Religion
Tagged evacuees, Llwyngwair, Nevern, Sarah Allen, Second World War, St Brynach's Church
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Part 1: Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me
My next posts will be published one a day during this week so that I can share with you our research into a puzzling list of names on a gravestone in Nevern. I’ll be writing of the lives of the ladies that are listed and the circumstances … Continue reading
Posted in History, Religion
Tagged Bowen, Dinas, evacuees, Llwyngwair, Nevern, Salvation Army, St Brynach's Church, world war 2
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Visit Dinas Open Gardens today, tomorrow and Sunday
Grab the opportunity to view the work of Dinas’ keen gardeners this weekend. Gardens are open in aid of St Brynach’s Church and this might be your last chance for a long time. What with all the weeding, tidying and … Continue reading
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
By the time the photo* was taken in the 1960s, these walls had withstood the wild sea weather for 60 years at least and provided an apt example for the local Vicar to use when teaching the parable of the house built … Continue reading
Posted in History, Religion, Sea
Tagged castle, church, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Gerwyn Stephens, house, on the rock, Pwllcwn, Pwllgwaelod, Religious broadcasting, St Brynach's Church, Tegfan
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Haunting Churchyards
In Memory of LETITIA and GEORGE children of the Rev.d David GRIFFITHS, VICAR of this Parish, who died in their Infancy AD 1794. ——— They tasted of life’s bitter cup. Refused to drink the potion up But turned their little heads aside … Continue reading
Posted in History, Religion
Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, George Griffiths, Gravestone, Letitia Griffiths, Nevern, St Brynach's Church
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Fifty years too late
This photograph of Cwm yr Eglwys Churchyard, taken in 2005, gives a false impression of timelessness. This scene has not remained unchanged for centuries. The 1859 storm that destroyed the Church (while a service was taking place – miraculously there were … Continue reading
Posted in History, Religion, Sea, Uncategorized
Tagged Cwm yr Eglwys, Dinas, Dinas Cross, family history, history, St Brynach's Church
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The Great Storm of 1859
Now that we have seen the TV pictures of the storms battering the SW coast in the winter of 2013/2014, we can begin to imagine the strength of the Royal Charter Storm, the most powerful storm in the Irish Sea … Continue reading
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Tagged Cwm yr Eglwys, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Dinas head, Dinas Island, Pembrokeshire, St Brynach's Church
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Tegfan, Dinas Cross 