St Johns Church Barmouth. An open day when we visit the church tower
Rev Kevin Horsewell introduces the openday and Owain Pritchard guides us around the tower
Celebration - St John's Barmouth 28th August 2011 part 2
Sunday morning Celebration service from St John's in Barmouth, Wales. Broadcast on 28th August 2011
Celebration - St John's, Barmouth 28th August 2011 part 1
Sunday morning Celebration service from St John's in Barmouth, Wales. Broadcast on 28th August 2011
Places to see in ( Barmouth - UK )
Places to see in ( Barmouth - UK )
Barmouth is a town in the county of Gwynedd, north-western Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Mawddach and Cardigan Bay. Located in the Historic county of Merionethshire, the Welsh form of the name is derived from Aber (estuary) and the river's name, Mawddach. The town is served by Barmouth railway station.
Barmouth grew around the shipbuilding industry, and more recently as a seaside resort. Notable buildings include the mediaeval Tŷ Gwyn tower house, the 19th century Tŷ Crwn roundhouse prison and St John's Church. William Wordsworth, a visitor to Barmouth in the 19th century, described it thus: With a fine sea view in front, the mountains behind, the glorious estuary running eight miles [13 km] inland, and Cadair Idris within compass of a day's walk, Barmouth can always hold its own against any rival.
Barmouth Bridge, which takes the Cambrian Line over the River Mawddach, was also formerly at the end of the GWR Ruabon Barmouth line, which passed through Bala and Dolgellau. The southern end of the bridge is now the start of the Mawddach Trail, a cycle path and walk way that utilises the old trackbed. The Barmouth Ferry sails from Barmouth to Penrhyn Point, where it connects with the narrow gauge Fairbourne Railway for the village of Fairbourne.
Barmouth is (geographically) one of the closest seaside resorts to the English West Midlands and a large proportion of its tourist visitors, as well as its permanent residents, are from Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Dudley and other parts of the Black Country, and Telford, Shropshire. The town has a RNLI lifeboat station with a Visitors' Centre with shop and viewing gallery.
Barmouth has one major association football team: Barmouth & Dyffryn United, the team competes in the Welsh Alliance league and is generally well supported by residents. Barmouth is the venue for the annual Barmouth Beach Race, a motocross event. Usually taking place on the last weekend in October, the event sees riders take part in beach racing, using a temporary motocross course constructed on the beach.
( Barmouth - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Barmouth . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Barmouth - UK
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Church Farmhouse Museum in Hendon
Church Farmhouse Museum in Hendon is one of the oldest surviving dwelling houses in the borough of Barnet. It was built in about 1660 and was the centre of a busy dairy and hay making farm until the first half of this century. The house was opened as a local museum in 1955.
The factory mob barmouth
Factory mob
St John Hall Gallery Open Day procession entering the High Street Barmouth
Celebration of the formation of the new Art Centre for the creative and enquiring mind
Church farmhouse Museum
Church farm
CS WM Barmouth Run
Cliosport.net West Midlands day out to Barmouth.
streets and shops barmouth
Streets and shops in Barmouth, Gwynedd, north-western Wales / Cymru
Restoration of St. Catherine's Church
St Catherine's Church in East Tilbury is a 900 year old parish church. This ancient structure has needed repair and improvement work for some time now, and funding was obtained in 2015. Thus began a monumental process of extending the building to add amenities, proper heating and repair and restoration work.
We followed this work for nearly a year. Join Rev. Canon Paul Robinson, rector of St. Catherine's, to discover what's been done, how it all came about and what the future holds!
This video was produced by ASK VISUALS for St. Catherine's to record this process, to allow the local community to see the exciting changes to their church and as part of the final grant reporting process for funding bodies.
MILBORNE PORT PARISH CHURCH Gloria in Excelsis deo
A Classic Film show called Yesterday's Milborne Port showing film from my old film collection,of the village back to 1937,at 7.30pm Sat 19th March 2016 at Milborne Port Village Hall. Tickets £6 including a glass of wine.All in aid of our beautiful Parish Church.
Barmouth Hills
A walk in the hills above the seaside resort of Barmouth in North Wales
St Mary and St Bodfan Church, Llanaber
The first Church on this site was probably built by Bodfan, a Celtic Saint of the sixth century. This Bodfan may have been the son of Helig ap Glannog whose territory was destroyed by the great inundation that formed the Lanvan Sands which lie between the Great Orme’s Head and the Menai Straits off the North Wales coast. After the disaster both Helig and his sons embraced a religious life. The Church at Aber, in Gwynedd, is dedicated to St Bodfan and he may be the same Saint associated with Llanaber. One of Bodfan’s brothers was Celynin, who likewise has a Church dedicated to him at Llangelynin in the Conway Valley and at Llangelynin near Llwyngwril, a few miles south of Llanaber. Other brothers were Brothen, who founded the Church at Llanfrothern and Boda and Gwynin who founded the Church at Dwygyfylchi near Penmaenmawr.
Bodfan, no doubt, built his Church of wood and wattle but of that building no trace remains. With the coming of the Normans the art of building in stone was also introduced and, following their custom, many Welsh dedications were either changed to, or coupled with, the names of the Blessed Virgin Mary or the Apostles. Ancient maps refer to the Church as St Bodfan’s and an association with the Saint is preserved in the name of the nearby Bodfan Farm, but the Church is today more popularly known as St Mary’s.
The present church dates from the early thirteenth century. One of its great benefactors was Hywel ap Meredydd ap Cynan, the Lord of Ardudwy, the commot which has given its name to the Rural Deanery of Ardudwy in which the Parish of Llanaber is situated. This Hywel was a near relative of Llewelyn the Great.
The plan of the church consists of a Nave, with North and South Aisles, and a long narrow Chancel. Entering the Church by the South Porch, rebuilt in the nineteenth century, the visitor notices the very fine South Doorway, reputed by many to be one of the finest examples of Early English architecture in the country, This doorway, built of yellow sandstone, is deeply recessed and is composed of six shafts on either side. The north door opposite is much narrower and of simple design.
The Nave is divided on either side into five arcades. Here we see a wonderful example of transition from Norman Architecture to the Early English Style. The piers are Norman in character with foliated capitals from which spring pointed arches. The four Clerestory windows on either side of the Nave are delightful examples of Early English Lancets, whilst the two long Lancets of the west wall are part of the nineteenth century restoration.
The Chancel, which is separated from the Nave by an Early English arch, approached by a flight of steps, necessitated by the sloping nature of the site on which the Church is built. The East Window is a perfect example of a single Early English Lancet with very wide splays and shafts in the inner arch.
The main Roof Timbers, both in the Nave and Chancel, date from the sixteenth century, whilst the ceiling above the Sanctuary is panelled and its bosses and carvings picked out in gilt and colour.
In 1860 extensive work of Restoration was carried out. The Bell turret was rebuilt as well as most of the west wall with its heavy buttresses. The small vestry adjoining the North side of the Chancel was also constructed at the same time on the site of a previous building.
The glass in the windows dates from the latter part of the nineteenth century and is on the whole good with the design in the Clerestory windows depicting angels with musical instruments.
Most of the monuments date from the nineteenth century.
The Calixtus Stone. In the north west corner of the Church will be found two ancient stones. One is the Calixtus Stone, placed in the Church in the 19th century and having been previously used as a footbridge on a neighbouring Farm. The inscription has been read as:
CAELIXTUS MONEDO REGI
and is supposed to mean Calixtus King of Mona.
The parish registers date back to the year 1750. Interesting relics in the Church comprise two wooden collection boxes with handles and dated 1756 and 1774 respectively, whilst near the south entrance may be seen an old Church warden’s chest, cut out of a single log of wood.
The Font is octagonal in shape. The bowl is modern and it stands on a very much older shaft.
In 1969 the year of the Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales, the Church was again extensively restored. The timbers of the roofs were treated against woodworm and new timbers inserted where necessary. The seating of the church was also renewed with surplus pews from St John’s Church, Barmouth. The Compton Two Manual and Pedal Organ, a memorial gift, was dedicated by the Bishop of Bangor, in whose Diocese the Parish is, on Trinity Sunday, June 1st 1969 (the eve of the feast of St Bodfan) at the time of the re-hallowing of the Church after Restoration.
Gwynedd Branch trip 2010
Ringing outing to Porthmadog, Barmouth, Dollgellau, Macynllneth and Llanbadarn Fawr.
Video recorded and edited by Christopher Wheatley
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Caesar family graves
Barmouth Harbour
A view of the harbour from the ferry
Pantasaph St. David's Church
The Church of St. David at Pantasaph, near Holywell, is set in a trough of land between the villages of Gorsedd and Brynford in rolling green countryside high above the Dee Estuary. During the early 19th century it was a rather desolate piece of open country broken up with lead mines and a large limestone quarry. The church was opened on 13th October 1852, and is located 3 miles from Holywell. A beautiful church from the outside, St David's is also blessed with some stunning and very aesthetic stained glass and statues within the church itself.
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