Welsh church uncovers stunning medieval wall paintings
Built on the site of a 7th century monastery and founded around 1200, St Cadoc's in Llancarfan, Vale of Glamorgan is, from the outside, just another beautiful small Welsh village church.
But inside, conservators have uncovered some stunning 15th century wall paintings to the delight of locals, visitors and experts alike.
After the discovery of a thin red line of paint on the wall, a team of experts were brought in to investigate what else was lurking behind the 20 layers of limewash added over five centuries.
Now, after five years of restoration work, the church is revealing its treasures: startlingly bold images of the seven deadly sins, a royal family, a ghoulish death figure - and what has been described as one of the largest and most spectacular tableaux of St George and the Dragon ever seen in a British church.
The work was funded by local trusts, Wales's heritage body Cadw and the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Barry, Vale of Glamorgan
Barry is a town and community in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales. It is located along the northern coast of the Bristol Channel less than 7 miles south-southwest of Cardiff,the capital city of Wales. Barry is a seaside resort, with attractions including several beaches and formerly Barry Island Pleasure Park. Once a small village, Barry has absorbed its larger neighbouring villages of Cadoxton and Barry Island. It grew significantly from the 1880s with the development of Barry Docks, which in 1913 was the largest coal port in the world.
The place was possibly named after Saint Baruc. However another explanation is that it comes from the Welsh bar meaning a hill or rise. Therefore the Welsh name, Y Barri, means 'The Hills. Given Barry's geography, it is an apt description. The first reference to it being named after St Baruc is from Giraldus Cambriensis. Gerald was himself from Barry and describes the area thus:
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Mystic Wells - British Goblins CT030
Mystic Wells
British Goblins: Welsh Folk Lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1881) Book 4 Chapter 2
by Wirt Sikes
All about the beheading of St. Winnifred and the mystic well that sprang up where her head fell. How the waters of mystic wells can be either beneficent or malicious - they can cure diseases, mental or physical, as well as curing love-sickness. Sikes also tells us sooe of the stories associated with Barry Island.
Running Order:
Their Good and Bad Dispositions 1:46 St. Winifred's Well 4:48 The Legend of St. Winnifred 6:35 Miracles 9:28 St. Tecla's Well 11:50 St. Dwynwen's 12:44 Curing Love Sickness 13:00 St. Cynfran's 14:30 St. Cynhafal's 15:23 Throwing Pins in Wells 15:32 Warts 15:36 Barry Island and its Legends 17:08 Ffynon Gwynwy 20:22 Propitiary Gifts to Wells 21:02 The Dreadful Cursing Well of St. Elian's 23:09 Wells Flowing with Milk 25:34 St. Illtyd's 25:50 Tafi's Well 28:40 Sanford's Well 29:31 Origins of Superstitions of this Class 30:48
Names Used in this Section
All proper names, and words in Welsh or other languages, are recorded here in the show-notes and we've done our best to get the pronounciations right for you.
St. Winifred St. Tecla St. Cynfran St. Cynhafal Barry Island Ffynon Gwynwy St. Elian's St. Illtyd's Tafi Sanford Lourdes, France Cambria Ffynon Mair (Well of Mary) Holywell Duke of Westminster Drayton St. Winifred, or Gwenfrewi Elerius Robert of Salop Cotton MSS. Caradoc St. Beino Lethean Denbighshire Gwern Degla Llandegla Llandwyn, Anglesea Dan Cupid Ffynon Dwynwen (Fountain of Venus) Iolo MSS. Seithenhin the Drunkard Aphrodite 'Rhad Duw a Chynfran lwydd ar y da!' (the grace of God and blessed Cynfran on the cattle) Brychan Abergeleu St. George's Well Pennant Mars Llangynhafal parish, Denbighshire Gloucestershire Barry Island, near Cardiff St. Barruc, or Barri Lord Windsor St. Cadoc Gwalches Merlin Camarthen Etna Stromboli Typhonn Vulcan Camden Malkin Ffynon Gwynwy, near Llangelyniin church, Carnarvonshire Archaeologia Cambrensis Pliny Clitumnus Cyff-elian Llanelian, Denbighshire Penrhos Gower, near Swansea John the Baptist Canute River Taff Newton Nottage, Glamorganshire
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Alan Wilson Historian - The Hidden History of Britain
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Alan Wilson is a British historian specialising in the origins and ancient history of the British and the history of the ancient British kings including two real King Arthurs.
Arthurian research:
In 1976, after a chance meeting with historical researcher, Anthony Thomas 'Baram' Blackett, at the public library in Newcastle upon Tyne, the two men decided to put up many thousands of pounds of their own money to fund full-time research into the origins of King Arthur. The Arthurian stories, so popular today, came out of South-Eastern Wales into France, via the Normans, in the 12th century and this encouraged them to start their search in the same place. The search soon moved beyond Wales to include the English Midlands which had been dominated by the old Welsh Kingdoms for centuries.
To date, Wilson and Blackett have published seven books that provide information based upon Old Welsh records that date to the 12th Century. They believe that these provide a final solution to the King Arthur story and have clearly identified the true sites of the battles of Badon (Mynydd Baedan) and Camlann.
In 1983, Wilson and Blackett discovered what they believe to be King Arthur's memorial stone at the small ruined church of St Peter-super-Montem on Mynydd-y-Gaer in Mid-Glamorgan, which they subsequently purchased. The stone was offered to the National Museum of Wales (Amguedda Werin Cymru) for analysis, but the offer was not taken up. Subsequently it went on public display in various venues for some time. Following this, they employed the services of two archaeologists, (Professor Eric Talbot and Alan Wishart) in 1990, to lead a dig at the same place. During the excavations, which were authorised by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, several artefacts were discovered including an ancient axe, a knife and a small cross weighing two and a half pounds, that reads Pro Anima Artorius (For The Soul Of Arthur). The cross was subsequently tested by an independent metallurgical house, Bodycote PLC, and found to be made of electrum, and so certified. The cross was offered up to the National Museum of Wales for public testing, but this also was declined.Wilson and Blackett had already identified the church as an ancient historical site possibly originally dating from the first century A.D. Other major Welsh kings are buried locally.
More recently, Wilson and Blackett began a search for what was known as 'The Greatest Work of the Cymru' - Cyfrangon. This is allegedly a massive, hollow, man-made hill concealed somewhere in Wales (similar to Silbury Hill). Treasure hunters in Wales have long sought this fabled hill in which, it is believed, lie several objects of tremendous historical and archaeological value, many of which may be covered in gold or copper.
The use of deep ground probing metal detection and analysis equipment revealed non ferrous metal artefacts some fifteen feet below the surface of the hill at Twyn y Glog, near Ynysybwl in mid Glamorgan. Further investigation by collaborators proved that the original height of the hill lies some 30 or more metres below the Ordnance Survey height, and that the hill is therefore an artificial construct. (Berkly, G., 2007).
No further tests have been made to date (10 September 2007).
Lecture tours:
Alan Wilson and his colleague lectured extensively in the United Kingdom, including Manchester and Jesus College at the University of Oxford, and Alan Wilson gave the prestigious Bemis Lecture in Boston in 1993. Research into claims that the Welsh settled in mid-western America in antiquity led to Wilson and his colleague, Baram Blackett, accepting invitations from American supporters to visit US sites of historical significance in 1994. The visit led to several television appearances and the deciphering of alphabetic inscriptions claimed to be in the old 'Coelbren' alphabet. Wilson also concluded that the many snake mounds in the American Mid-west were of ancient Khumric-British construction. Whilst in America, the two men were also commissioned to produce a detailed genealogy for the Bush family (friends and supporters of President George H. W. Bush).
Published works:
Arthur, King of Glamorgan and Gwent (with Baram Blackett, MT Byrd Partnership, 1980)
Arthur and Charter of the Kings (with Baram Blackett, MT Byrd Partnership, 1981)
Arthur The War King (with Baram Blackett, MT Byrd Partnership, 1982-3)
Artorius Rex Discovered (with Baram Blackett, MT Byrd Partnership, 1986)
The Holy Kingdom (with Adrian Gilbert and Baram Blackett, Bantam, 1998)
King Arthur Conspiracy (with Grant Berkley and Baram Blackett, Trafford, 2005)
Moses in the Hieroglyphs (with Grant Berkley and Baram Blackett, Trafford, 2006)
The Discovery of the Ark of the Covenant (with Grant Berkley and Baram Blackett, Trafford, 2007)
Forth In The Peace Of Christ We Go (Tune - Duke Street) 5-verses
Richard Shireby plays the newly restored 1877 Conacher all-tracker actuion pipe organ in the workshop of Ireland-Shireby church Organ Builders, Sudbrook, Grantham, Lincolnshire UK.
This is Hymn 458 in Hymns Ancient & Modern New Standard
Shine Jesus Shine Edit 3 PD
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Flint Welsh Male Voice Choir flintmalevoicechoir.co.uk
Yes, God is good (Williams) - Wallington United Reformed Church, Sutton, London (Compton organ)
Me playing the organ at Wallington United Reformed Church, Sutton, London - part of my 'summer in the city 2012' organ crawl of London celebrating youtube, my youtube channel and the John Compton Organ Company Ltd.
I am only an amateur and by no means a pro so wanted to point this out and hope you are still able to get the jist of the amazing skills of the John Compton Organ Company Ltd.
The organ was built sometime during the 1950s by the famous John Compton Organ Company Ltd, is the Series 4 model and like most Compton's it uses the extension principal. However, what makes this organ different is that it uses a Harmonic Flute as opposed to a more standard Hohl Flute. The other ranks are: Open Diapason, Salicional and Trumpet. Originally the console was situated in front of the chamber but at some point during the early 1980s it was moved to its present location on the opposite side of the chancel. The specification remains original and reads:
PEDAL
Acoustic Bass 32'
Sub Bass 16'
Echo Bass 16'
Flute 8'
Salicional 8'
Trombone 16'
Trumpet 8'
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
GREAT
Bourdon 16'
Open Diapason 8'
Harmonic Flute 8'
Salicional 8'
Octave 4'
Harmonic Flute 4'
Salicet 4'
Twelfth 2.2/3'
Super Octave 2'
Fifteenth
Swell to Great
SWELL
Contra Salicional 16'
Harmonic Flute 8'
Salicional 8'
Harmonic Flute 4'
Nazard 2.2/3'
Piccolo 2'
Cymbale III
Trombone 16'
Trumpet 8'
Clarion 4'
Tremulant (affecting whole organ)
ACCESSORIES
4 double touch thumb pistons to Great and Pedal
4 double touch thumb pistons to Swell and Pedal
4 toe pistons to Pedal and Great
4 toe pistons to Pedal and Swell
1 canceller thumb piston - Great to Pedal
1 canceller thumb piston - Swell to Pedal
1 balanced expression pedal - organ
1 balanced expression pedal - Crescendo
Double touch canceller to each department
Voltmeter
4 ventil switches
For this first video im playing the hymn Yes, God is good to the tune Williams which shows off the main tonal colours on the organ for accompanying congregational hymn singing.
Many thanks to the church officials for allowing me to play another example of a Compton organ and of course a big thank you to my subscribers and followers - your support and encouragement means a lot.
For more information on the John Compton Organ Company Ltd and to see me play other Compton organs, please click on the following link for my site dedicated to the John Compton Organ Company Ltd:
REQUEST: I am always on the lookout for Compton organs to play - particularly electrones - so if you know of any churches which still have these then please do let me know. I will happily give a donation or pay any applicable room hire charge.
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Inspired By Love And Anger: St Madocs Church Llanmadoc Church Gower Peninsula Swansea
For my next video here on the Eminent Organ here at Llanmdoc Church Where I am Organist at is the hymn Inpired by Love and Anger - This took me a few takes and this one can catch you out!!
Typically when I was down All Saints Oystermouth a few weeks back doing videos there 2 Clergy came in who where visiting the Church and one had recognised me through Youtube - and my music to her and her Church was so inspiring I forget what her name was - if you are out there do drop me a line!!
I will also cover this tune on the Organ at All Saints Church Shortly.
Hope you enjoy this one and thanks for watching!
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Cheers
Rob
A Letter From Mom / Nimrod From Enigma Variations
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Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost (The English Hymnal No. 396)
1. Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost, / Taught by thee, we covet most / Of thy gifts at Pentecost, / Holy, heavenly Love.
2. Love is kind, and suffers long, / Love is meek, and thinks no wrong, / Love than death itself more strong; / Therefore give us love.
3. Prophecy will fade away, / Melting in the light of day; / Love will ever with us stay; / Therefore give us love.
4. Faith will vanish into sight; / Hope be emptied in delight; / Love in heaven will shine more bright; / Therefore, give us love.
5. Faith and hope and love we see / Joining hand in hand agree; / But the greatest of the three, / And the best, is love.
6. From the overshadowing / Of thy gold and silver wing / Shed on us, who to thee sing, / Holy, heavenly love. / Amen.
Words: Christopher Wordsworth. Music: Friedrich Filitz. Video: Michael-Hubert Lamla.
Das Pfingst-Lied besingt die Liebe Gottes.