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Destroying an abbey, creating an icon
Phil Carradice
On 3 September 1536 the great abbey at Tintern on the Welsh bank of the River Wye was dissolved by the commissioners of Henry VIII.
The Pope comes to Wales
Phil Carradice
On the morning of 2 June 1982 history was made when Pope John Paul II became the first reigning pontiff ever to come to Wales.
My Christmas: the vicar
Polly March
This Christmas will be unlike any other the Reverend Steve Bunting has known before. It will be his first in the pulpit of his own parish church, preaching to a congregation.
Saint Richard Gwyn, Welsh Catholic martyr
Phil Carradice
Phil Carradice writes about Welsh Saint, Catholic martyr Richard Gwyn who was executed in 1584.
Entry to Vicar Academy
Steve Bunting
I initially wrestled with the idea of letting the cameras follow my final year in training to become a priest.
St Cadoc's Church gets grant to preserve medieval artefacts
BBC Wales History
St Cadoc's Church in Llancarfan has been awarded a £541,900 grant by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The grant will safeguard its important medieval interior and enable the training volunteers to share its heritage with visitors. The Devil promotes lust Saint Cadoc founded a mon...
Chapel appeal: Royal Commission needs for your help survey of Welsh chapels
BBC Wales History
Nonconformist chapels in Wales form a key part of the Welsh landscape, whether rural or urban. During the last two centuries, over 6,500 chapels were built in Wales, and chapels have a strong cultural and social importance to the heritage of Wales. Interior view of Ebenezer Chapel, Tumble (Photo: Crown copyright) Today chapels are one of the classes of building most at threat of closure in Wales. They are disappearing almost as quickly as they appeared in their heyday. Over the last few years, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, in conjunction with Capel has been carrying out a systematic programme of collecting and analysing information about these building. One important aspect of the project is to record what is happening to chapel buildings today. This survey aims to establish the status of each chapel, if it is still in active use, or whether it has been converted, demolished, is lying disused or derelict, or in another state. Where a chapel conversion has taken place the Royal Commission are recording new uses, and are also noting any chapels which are in a transitional phase of being for sale or in the planning process. Currently there is a variation in the data coverage of Wales that the Royal Commission survey has collected. In Anglesey, for example, the survey is only missing the status for three chapels, representing less than 2% of the original total. Unfortunately, in the urbanised historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouth, the picture is more complex and less than a half and a third respectively has been recorded. Can you help the Royal Commission to record the present use of chapels? They are aiming to complete this element of the research by the end of December 2011.Lists of chapels for which they are looking for information are available from [email protected] or [email protected]
Historic buildings to get £400,000 restoration funding boost
BBC Wales History
Huw Lewis, Minister for Housing, Regeneration and Heritage, has announced that some of Wales' most important historic buildings are set to benefit from Welsh Government grants ranging from £11,200 to £75,000. The grants awarded to historic buildings across Wales will pay for essential repai...
Mary Jones and her Bible
Phil Carradice
The story of Mary Jones and her Bible used to be part of the staple diet of all Welsh children. It is doubtful, these days, if many of the younger generation have ever heard of her - or her amazing journey. Yet it remains a tale well worth telling. In the year 1800 Mary Jones, the 15-ye...
