St Brides Wentloog
St. Bride's or St. Bride's Wentloog (Welsh: Llansanffraid Gwynllŵg) is a small hamlet to the south west of the city of Newport in South Wales.
Location
It lies in the parish of Wentlooge and electoral district (ward) of Marshfield. Like most of the settlements on the Wentloog Level it lies on land behind the sea wall,[1] reclaimed from the Bristol Channel,[2] and criss-crossed by large and small drainage ditches, known locally as reens.[3]
History
The village and church of St. Bride's, Wentloog is dedicated to St. Bridget.
St Brides church is an ancient building of stone in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, and consists of chancel, nave, south porch and an unusually fine perpendicular embattled western tower containing 6 bells, four of which are dated 1734 and bear inscriptions. A plaque inside the porch marks the high-tide level of the Bristol Channel floods of 1607.[4]
It was the birthplace of Lyn Harding (1867–1952), the actor of stage, silent and talkie films, and radio.
References
- ^ "Geograph:: Behind the Sea Wall © Steve Sheppard".
- ^ "Geograph:: Sealand Reen, St Brides Wentlooge © Robin Drayton cc-by-sa/2.0".
- ^ "Geograph:: Reen © Steve Sheppard cc-by-sa/2.0".
- ^ Mike Kohnstamm. "The Great Flood, Churches". lineone.net. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
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