Their Names Liveth for Evermore: First World War Memorialisation in South East Wales
GGAT 137: Their Names Liveth for Evermore: First World War memorialisation in South East Wales
March 2019
A report for Cadw GGAT report no. 2019/006 by Johnny Crawford BSc MA ACIfA Project no. GGAT 137
The Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust Ltd Heathfield House Heathfield Swansea SA1 6EL GGAT 137: Their Names Liveth for Evermore: First World War memorialisation in South East Wales
SUMMARY ...... 3 Acknowledgements ...... 3 Copyright Notice ...... 3
1. INTRODUCTION ...... 4 1.1 Project Background ...... 4 1.2 Their Names Liveth for Evermore ...... 4 1.3 Objectives ...... 5
2. METHODOLOGY ...... 6 Identified tasks ...... 6 2.3 Scoring System ...... 7
3. DEFINITIONS AND SOURCES CONSULTED ...... 10 3.1 Definition of what constitutes a memorial ...... 10 3.2 Sources of information ...... 11
4. RESULTS, DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS ...... 13
5. BIBLIOGRAPHY ...... 26
APPENDIX I. GAZETTEER OF SITES ...... 27
Figures Figure 1. Location plan for all the sites identifies as part of the study...... 9
Plates Plate 1. The Welsh National War Memorial in Cathays Park, Cardiff (PRN 00957s/NPRN 32845, Commons media image). The genesis of the idea of a Welsh national memorial came during the First World War itself, and the memorial continues to serve as a national monument for the Welsh platform for major commemorative events...... 14 Plate 2. Ebbw Vale civic war memorial (NPRN 309868). The monument manages to evoke a sense of the sacred and the space has been used for contemporary commemorative installations that keep the site modern and relevant...... 15 Plate 3. The war memorial at Llantillio Crossenny (PRN01304g) re-used the base of the churchyard’s medieval cross. This is one of a number of similar monuments within Glamorgan and Gwent (GGAT)...... 16 Plate 4. The war memorial at Christchurch, Newport (NL43). Although constructed after the First World War, there is a clear attempt at modelling the memorial on medieval church and market crosses (GGAT)...... 16 Plate 5. Syndicate memorial located with the civic memorial in Ebbw Vale (NPRN 309868). The reference to Wesleyans suggests it may have come from a demolished chapel. This is one of four that have been re-located to the site of the civic memorial...... 18 Plate 6. Roll of Honour from Memorial Baptist Church, Swansea, now held in West Glamorgan Archives. This is typical of ‘Syndicate’ memorials but which may no longer be located within the original buildings (West Glamorgan Archive)...... 19 Plate 7. Memorial (NL41) to 2nd Lt Seager in Cardiff Royal Infirmary. Since the closure of the hospital, the fate of the plaque is unclear (IMW)...... 20 Plate 8. Memorial inscription within the Lych gate of St Cadoc’s Church Caerleon (NL13,
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LB26117). The gate and plaque straddles the boundary between functional and syndicate memorials (GGAT)...... 21 Plate 9. Memorial gates at the entrance to Abertillery Hospital (11048g/408537). Notwithstanding their use as an active site for commemoration, these gates are in a poor state of repair (see below), in common with a number of functional memorials...... 22 Plate 10. One of the memorial gates to Abertillery Hospital (11048g/408537). Note the poor state of the iron work...... 22 Plate 11. Probably the most poignant civic memorial within Glamorgan and Gwent. The Troedrhiwfuwch memorial (NL16) remembers men lost from a community that no longer exists. Rather the memorial has itself become something of a leitmotif for the original community, in a reversal of the usual order of commemoration...... 23
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SUMMARY This project has been undertaken as part of the commemoration and thematic investigation of the physical legacy of the First World War on South East Wales. Data from Swansea University’s Living Legacies project and the War Memorials Database, together with a number of other sources have been trawled for information relating to a variety of war memorials located within Glamorgan and Gwent. This has resulted in enhancement of the regional Historic Environment Record (HER) and permitted a digital mapping exercise to be carried out.
Close analysis of 200 memorials within Glamorgan and Gwent has resulted in the identification of a number of categories of monument, with an assessment of risk being made for each monument. This process has resulted in the identification of a number of different types of memorial, categories that include ‘National’, ‘Civic and Community’, ‘Syndicate’ and ‘Functional’ memorials. The study demonstrates that ‘Functional’ monuments i.e. halls, gates and hospitals are at greatest risk, with ‘Syndicate’ memorials, a term used for this project to describe memorials produced by congregations and employers, are also at high risk of loss. In contrast, conventional, ‘Civic and Community’ memorials are least at risk due to the perceived inviolability of the structures, coupled with a renewed interest in the memorials themselves engendered by the centenary of the First World War.
155 war memorials will be added to the Regional Historic Environment Record as a result of the project.
Acknowledgements
The project was grant-aided by Cadw and undertaken by the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust (GGAT) in their remit as a regional archaeological body responsible for the understanding and preservation of the archaeological resource in southeast Wales. The Author would like to thank Dr Gethin Matthews and Swansea University for making their dataset available, as well as staff of the Royal Commission for Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales (RCAHMW), Gwent, Glamorgan and West Glamorgan Archives. The report and fieldwork was undertaken by was prepared by Johnny Crawford BSc MA ACIfA. The illustration for the project was prepared by Paul Jones (GGAT). The report was reviewed by Andrew Marvell BA, MCIfA. Copyright Notice
The copyright of this report is held by Cadw and the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust Ltd. Photographs are GGAT copyright unless otherwise credited. The maps are based on Ordnance Survey mapping provided by the National Assembly for Wales with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationary Office, Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence No: 1000017916 (2018).
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1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Project Background
The physical impact of the First World War on the home front, and therefore the archaeological legacy, has been an area of increased interest in recent years, primarily spurred by the centenary of the start and end of the war. Cadw commissioned a scoping study in 2013 to establish a baseline of information concerning the survival of archaeological sites in South East Wales relating to the First World War period (Crawford 2014). The results of this study highlighted several significant strands that have been developed by the Welsh Archaeological Trusts into a thematic approach to examination of the legacy of the First World War. For the reviews in South East Wales, these themes were:
The Sinews of War - Industry/manufacturing The Call to Arms - The militarised landscape Casualties of War - Hospitals and welfare facilities Defence of the Realm - Coastal defences and port facilities Their Names Liveth for Evermore - Commemoration and remembrance
All past project reports are available to download from the Trust website http://www.ggat.org.uk/cadw/first_world_war/reports.html.
1.2 Their Names Liveth for Evermore
The generation that witnessed the events of the First World War has gone and there is no longer the opportunity to collect oral testimony of the changes that took place. Therefore, it is now important to look at the physical remains before they are lost and can no longer be recognised. This is particularly true with remains that were in use during the war but somewhat less true with regards to memorials, which arguably are the most visible remains to survive as a direct result of the war.
In the aftermath of the First World War, the people of Britain needed a focus for their grief, loss, and pride. There had actually been a recognition during the war that memorials were going to be required following cessation of conflict, but these plans did not crystallise until after the armistice in 1918. War memorials of various descriptions to ordinary soldiers were not unknown prior to 1918, being increasingly common from the period of the Crimean war (1853-1856) and particularly the Second Boer War (1899-1902) onwards but the scale of loss experienced during the First World War resulted in the greatest wave of remembrance this nation has ever seen. Memorials ranged from national monuments and War Grave Commission headstones in churchyards, to civic and community utilitarian designs such as halls and parks, to private memorials in all shapes and forms from stained glass windows, rolls of honour, memorial books, flags and textile banners, and lych-gates. These memorials can prove poignant, as the First World War produced a level of casualties’ unknown in previous conflicts, and many include members of the same family or long lists of names of men from only a small village.
Such memorials form an important part of our rich cultural heritage and connect local communities with what became a global conflict. They provide insight into the changing face of commemoration as well as artistic, social, local, military and international history.
Nature of threat These monuments are affected by a wide variety of threats. In broad terms these include
4 GGAT 137: Their Names Liveth for Evermore: First World War memorialisation in South East Wales reclamation, urban, industrial and commercial development and redevelopment works; dereliction, vandalism, theft and erosion. Destruction and loss to the monument class is continuous and largely unremarked. One of the objectives of the current work was to produce an assessment of risk for war memorials.
1.3 Objectives
In 2014, the archaeological and cultural remains of the First World War heritage in Wales were poorly understood in terms of extent, survival and current condition. With the centenary of the conflict, Cadw endeavoured to improve the protection and management of military remains, perhaps one of the more important aspects of Wales’s recent history. A sequence of projects with topical themes were initiated to develop baseline information and to help fill the gaps in our understanding of this subject.
The project for the final year of this programme was to identify and record the various types of memorials, both official and ‘unofficial’ dedicated to those who lost their lives during the Great War. However, during research on this subject it was discovered that a plethora of similar projects were already underway, and being undertaken by a wide variety of interest groups, from small village communities to large academic institutions.
One such project, Welsh Memorials to the Great War, is a pan-Wales project carried out by Swansea University and funded by Living Legacies 1914-18 and run in conjunction with Wales at War and The Peoples Collection. The core output of the project is a database of First World War memorials in Wales including both images of the memorials, as well information that has been gathered about the servicemen by local historians, schools and societies. GGAT’s revised Project Proposal, accepted by Cadw, was therefore to seek access to this dataset and carry out cleaning for inclusion into the regional HER.
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2. METHODOLOGY
Following initial trawling of the data for Glamorgan and Gwent provided by the Welsh Memorials to the Great War project, it became rapidly evident that the nature and variety of sites within the data set was limited in scope (the data contained 108 entries for both Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, all of which constituted scrolls or plaques within chapels or churches, some of which had been demolished). The author then decided to utilize data from the Imperial War Museum’s War Memorials Register to supplement that of the Welsh Memorials to the Great War project. Conversely, these data were found to be too great to be screened, cleansed and included within the predetermined scope and limitations of time and budget set for the current work. A decision was therefore taken to cap the number of sites in this current work at 200, with those being included being a representative sample of site types encountered across Glamorgan and Gwent (Figure 1).
The resulting site data was subject to data entry and cross-referencing of data from the Historic Environment Record, the National Monument Record and from other sources (e.g. Imperial War Museum, UK National Inventory of War Memorials and the War Memorials Trust), and mapping of selected sites and data spots was undertaken.
Limited validation of the projects’ findings was carried out through documentary research from local regional archives in order to supplement and enhance already published material and final assessment of the survival, condition and significance of resource was undertaken through targeted field visits.
The information collected as part of this report will be fed back into the regional Historic Environment Record in order to support heritage management and development control.
Identified tasks
Consultation of the National Monuments Record (NMR) (RCAHMW) to check for further information on sites, where lacking in Historic Environment Record Digital mapping, including polygon preparation Validation of ‘Living Legacies’ projects finding from documentary research and liaising with local heritage groups in order to obtain additional information on a local level of surviving and potential new sites within the project area Site visits to ascertain extent and condition of surviving remains Creation of written and photographic inventory of surviving remains Evaluation of remains to determine their importance in both a regional and national perspective and preparation of grey literature reports Integrate new data in Historic Environment Record and prepare project archive Production of separate annex report to detail listing (and any scheduling) recommendations Preparation of popular version of results for dissemination via the Trusts website Mounting website pages
The specification for the project identified fieldwork as forming a minor part of the project and, therefore, a relatively small sample of sites identified were visited. Nevertheless, the field visits allowed the physical condition and significance of the resource to be assessed.
The scheduling criteria as set out in Annex A of TAN 24 were applied to assess the significance
6 GGAT 137: Their Names Liveth for Evermore: First World War memorialisation in South East Wales of the remains. As the site type is not one considered intrinsically rare, rarity was considered most likely to be better demonstrated by the other criteria, such as Survival/Condition, and Group Value. The criteria utilized by the project can be summarised as follows:
Period: reflecting sites identifiable in the HER and other documents as belonging to the modern period – this is set, and not scored in the assessment. Group Value: reflecting the incidence of surviving features within complexes, and also any direct association with other designated assets. Survival/condition: where survival can be identified condition is more likely to relate to above ground features, either the ruinous remains of standing buildings, or earthworks. This will reflect the number, type and quality of surviving/identifiable features. Given the fact that many sites will have seen continued use and adaptation during the intervening period, subjected not only to abandonment, but also urban development, this has been set at a relatively low level. Fragility/Vulnerability: considered where immediate threats can be demonstrated Potential: considered only where sites retain significant features that help understand the nature of activities carried out at the particular site.
Based on the above, a simple matrix using the four main criteria (Group Value, Survival/Condition, and Fragility/Vulnerability) has been utilized for the appraisal/assessment process. A scoring system of 1-5 - low to high or poor to good was devised to produce a ranking of sites; this is given below: 2.3 Scoring System
The criteria below were used to evaluate the overall significance of the individual interests:
Group value: particularly if there are a number of identifiable related elements, or where a direct association with other designated assets can be demonstrated. 1 – None: No related elements on HER/NMR, or identified on historic mapping. 2 – Low: Associated with one other related element on HER/NMR, or identified on historic mapping. 3 – Moderate: Associated with two or three related elements on HER/NMR; or associated with one related protected element, or identified on historic mapping. 4 – High: Associated with four or five related elements on HER/NMR, or identified on historic mapping: or associated with two related protected elements. 5 – Very High: Associated with six or more elements on HER/NMR, or identified on historic mapping; or associated with three or more protected elements. Or where there is a known direct association with other designated assets.
Survival/Condition: survival of main elements must be fairly complete; condition of any related elements must also be fairly complete. 1 – Poor: Destroyed: site now largely lost. 2 – Low: Near Destroyed: Some features survive, buried remains. 3 – Moderate: Damaged - Remains likely to survive intact though not complete, some of the original form can no longer be established. 4 – High: Near intact - Not complete, but sufficient features survive to allow the original form to be established, with some superstructure remains surviving. 5 – Very High: Intact: Complete, reflecting its original condition.
A sixth category of ‘Converted’ has also been used. However, as structures falling into this
7 GGAT 137: Their Names Liveth for Evermore: First World War memorialisation in South East Wales category cannot at present be considered for protection if it has been assigned the same value as Damaged.
Condition rating: This provides a further level and nuance about the current state of the structure than the current HER ‘Condition’ form. The additional category helps prevent inaccurate representation of the structures, e.g. if a building still maintains its original external form but has undergone interior conversion.
The terms used here derive from the current HER terminology. 1 – Intact: Complete, reflecting its original 2 – Near Intact: Not complete, but sufficient features survive to allow the original form to be established 3 – Damaged: Not complete, some of the original form can no longer be established 4 –Near Destroyed: Some features survive, probably only as buried remains and excavated features 5 – Destroyed: Site completely destroyed 6 – Restored: Building or feature no longer in its original form, but retaining elements of its original form 7 – Converted: Building or feature no longer in its original form 8 –Not known: Site not visited
Fragility/Vulnerability: Sites that are threatened, or where the site is in a neglected/derelict state. 1 – None: Robust/unlikely to be damaged (e.g. listed or scheduled sites – though if immediate threats are noted during the field visit this will be higher) 2 – Low: Insignificant level of fragility/vulnerability (sites with low levels of threat) 3 – Moderate: Moderate level of fragility/vulnerability (including sites under long term threat of damage/collapse) 4 – High: Fragile/vulnerable (including sites under medium term threat of damage/collapse)
The overall archaeological significance arrived at was allocated one of the following values:
A – National Significance B – Regional Significance C – Local Significance D – Minor Significance U – Unknown/Un-established
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11040g/301552
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Figure 1. Location plan for all the sites identified as part of the current work.
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3. DEFINITIONS AND SOURCES CONSULTED
3.1 Definition of what constitutes a memorial
The definition of what actually constitutes a memorial is potentially broad, as memorialization is often highly subjective. The consequence is that some thought has to be given to what constitutes a memorial within the terms of this project. The definition of a war memorial on the HER Thesaurus is “A structure, building or site commemorating soldiers and civilians killed in war” but we have acknowledged here that other forms of memorial do exist. A significant number of entries in Swansea University’s data base include memorial scrolls (also known as Rolls of Honour), displayed on the walls of chapels and churches. There is a legitimate case to be made that these artefacts are indeed memorials but as they are clearly not structures, in the terms defined by the HER Thesaurus, their status remains somewhat anomalous. Taken to its logical extreme, the idea of scrolls as ‘sites’ worthy of entry to the HER might result in the inclusion of every historical artefact as a data spot.
Rolls of Honour are essentially mobile artefacts, and can easily be removed from original locations; furthermore, although perfectly valid as tokens of commemoration, such documents lie at the periphery of what may conventionally be described as an archaeological site. However, they were included in the University dataset and have therefore been retained, if only to highlight the vulnerability of these documents.
In considering in more general terms what sites and features to include in this study, it was considered useful to adopt the filter applied by the Imperial War Museum’s War Memorial Register project, suitably modified for the circumstance of this report.
The War Memorial Register (WMR) records:
1. memorials located in the old counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire 2. memorials to the First World War that commemorate the impact or acts of that war 3. memorials that record thanksgiving for the safe return of individuals, the coming of peace 4. memorials that commemorate the service, return or death of military personnel during the First World War irrespective of the cause of death, as well as deaths after the end of the conflict as a result of wounds or the effects of the war 5. memorials that commemorate the wartime service or death of civilians serving in non- combatant organisations 6. memorials that commemorate civilians, including refugees and internees who suffered or died as a result of enemy action or in a First World War related accident as well as a consequence of the war 7. memorials to the service, suffering and death of animals during wartime
The Project does not record:
1. memorials located outside the old counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire 2. headstones, grave-markers or memorials marking the place of burial or official commemoration of an individual or group of people killed as a result of war or conflict (including any grave, Memorial to the Missing, Cross of Sacrifice and Stone of Remembrance that is the responsibility of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission)
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3. houses, buildings or artefacts (e.g. medals) associated with people who died, served or suffered in war but which have no dedication as a memorial to that wartime experience 4. plaques, badges, medals or symbols recognising the existence of military units solely as units but not representing their active service or a war/conflict role 5. commemorations to those who had once served in the armed forces or in a civilian non- combatant organisation during wartime but whose death occurred subsequently and was not as a result of their service 6. dedication plaques marking wartime non-military campaigns or activities 7. memorials, plaques, badges or symbols at the birth place, home or to the life of a well- known individual not dedicated to their wartime service 8. published or mass produced rolls of honour 9. individual horticultural elements within a larger horticulture setting 10. official items such as Next of Kin Memorial Plaques (known as Dead Man’s Pennies), scrolls or service medals 11. body art or body parts 12. any intangible items such as events created in memory of conflict such as charity runs
Additionally, the centenary of the beginning and end of the First World War has resulted in the construction of a number of new memorials to that conflict, such as in Langstone, Newport; these new memorials have been excluded from the study.
3.2 Sources of information
Whilst the initial project proposal sought to focus on a single data set, the subsequent trawl for suitable sites for inclusion was much wider. The centenary of the First World War has acted as a catalyst for a large number of essentially identical projects involving this category of monument.
The digital section of the bibliography lists 20 separate projects that record information concerning war memorials within Glamorgan and Gwent. Many of these projects contain information about the same memorials whilst others relate only to a specific community’s monument. The result has been that the information concerning memorials is widely dispersed and of differing granularity; collation and cross- referencing of this information would have been beyond the means of the current project. Therefore, the sites identified as part of this report are largely confined to the two data set originally specified in the project design i.e. the Swansea University dataset and the War Memorials Register, supplemented by information from the HER, NMR and other sources.
The following table (Table 1) summarizes the number of sites falling within the recordable category and the source from which they were derived, at the commencement of the project for the regions of Glamorgan and Gwent.
Table 1. Numbers of monuments recorded for Glamorgan and Gwent Glamorgan Gwent Source 37 25 HER 47 15 RCAHMW 554 (some duplicate entries) 252 (some duplicate entries) WMR 99 19 WaW
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Key: HER - Historic Environment Record RCAHMW - National Monuments Record WMR - War Memorials Register. WaW - Wales at War database.
The databases were trawled to identify and amalgamate results for the same memorial, producing a final consolidated database and gazetteer (see Results section below) up to a limit of 200 entries. It should be noted that there are issues of accessibility and content to the information contained within the War Memorials Register in particular. The database was found in some cases to contain multiple entries for the same memorial, and a number of records contained incomplete information about the actual memorial. Furthermore, the search function for the War Memorials Register database does not permit easy interrogation of the whole dataset for the casual user, and requests for access to the macro/parent data have remained unanswered.
It should also be noted that the War Memorial Register is a living document and as a result, by the time of completion of this report, the WMR count for Glamorgan had been reduced by 2 to 552 whilst the count for Gwent had risen by 59 to 311, a total of 863 entries within the boundaries of Glamorgan and Gwent. This includes modern memorials to the Great War not dating to the post-First World War period as the data cannot be refined except by examining individual entries. The data gathered for the current report can only therefore be regarded as a snapshot of a particular point in time.
Additional problems were encountered with the granularity of data in that individual databases have been compiled with different agendas. For example the Swansea University database has developed from research conducted into memorials commissioned by the congregations of chapels, and has a definite slant towards memorials housed within this type of site. The War Memorials Register has been established to encourage popular participation and as a result, the dataset is of mixed utility, with significant duplication and recording errors.
Despite these issues, or perhaps because of them, the author was keen for this project to constitute more than an exercise in data management and therefore, in addition to the data population aim of the initial project design, some broad conclusions have been attempted concerning the nature of memorialization within Glamorgan and Gwent following the First World War.
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4. Results and Discussion
The results of the data review are reflective of the broad variety of memorials relating to the First World War found within South East Wales. 200 memorials have been included within the gazetteer (Appendix I), with each site including a description of the memorial and an assessment of condition, vulnerability and significance. The results recorded in the gazetteer will be used to enhance the Regional HER.
Within Glamorgan and Gwent, only the village of Colwinston, south of Bridgend, has been identified as a Thankful Village, i.e. one of the very few villages in the United Kingdom from which no-one was killed during the First World War (https//www.historic- uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Thankful-Villages/). It follows therefore that every other settlement within Glamorgan and Gwent will have had at least one casualty caused by the war and, in all likelihood, will possess its own memorial has proved beyond the scope of the current project.
These range from the large cenotaph type memorials, such as that in the Maindee area of Newport (NPRN 419434) and the impressive colonnaded Welsh National War Memorial in Cardiff (00957s/32845) to small plaques and scrolls on the walls of chapels such as that those at the Bethel Chapel in Llangyfelach (NPRN 9095). Whilst these memorials are reflective of a variety of forums and social groups drawn together in commemoration of those who had been lost as a result of the war, all have as a leitmotif the use of some sort of physical object as a touchstone of memory and commemoration.
Following the end of the war, some communities commissioned memorials that were artistic or decorative in nature, such as statues and columns. These memorials appear to have followed the tradition established after the Crimean and Boer Wars of statuary and works of art being created as a communal focus for commemoration. Frequently, competitions were held to produce a range of designs for approval by a committee responsible, and communities, particularly more prosperous ones, were keen to commission the most significant architects and artists of their day. Other communities, no doubt trying to find a way of harnessing the broadly shared desire to commemorate in a more practical and beneficial way, created spaces and places for the benefit of the living community, such as parks, halls and hospitals. The following broad categories of memorial have been identified as part of the study.
Types and functions of memorials
The types of memorial commissioned by different communities are interesting to note and can be divided into broad headings that capture the characteristics of each type. In general, the larger and more formal monuments were for the use of the wider community in public displays of remembrance whilst small ones were for the use of relatively limited social groups, such as the congregations of chapels and churches, the employees of a particular factory or even as symbols of remembrance for single families. These memorials can be grouped into different categories, based primarily on the type of community that commissioned then, but to a lesser extent based on the form they took.
National memorials
There are relatively few of this type of memorial (the Welsh National War Memorial in Cathays Park (PRN 00957s/NPRN 32845, Plate 1) being the only example within Glamorgan and Gwent. This provided a Welsh national focus for official ceremonies and continues to provide a ‘national
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Plate 1. The Welsh National War Memorial in Cathays Park, Cardiff (PRN 00957s/NPRN 32845, Commons media image). The genesis of the idea of a Welsh national memorial came during the First World War itself, and the memorial continues to serve as a national monument for the Welsh platform for major commemorative events.
Civic and Community memorials
Most towns and villages possess a memorial to collectively commemorate the inhabitants of the communities killed during the war. These are often reflective of the status of the community, for example the Newport Cenotaph (NPRN 419434) is a conscious emulation of the Cenotaph in London and reflects the importance of Newport as a coal exporting city in the early 20th century. The ceremony of unveiling the Newport cenotaph was captured on film in 1923 (https://www.britishpathe.com/video/unveiling-newport-war-memorial) and it is clear that there was significant pride in Newport being able to honour its dead in a manner equal to that of London. Whilst not all memorials in this category are on a scale equal with the cenotaphs in Newport or Swansea (NPRN 412404), civic and community memorials are an expression of both civic pride and respect for those lost. The civic memorial in Ebbw Vale (NPRN 309868, Plate 2), is a good example of a grand civic monument demonstrating artistic characteristics. A bronze statue surrounded by railings and kept clean and tidy, it evokes a sense of the sacred whilst still functioning as a space for civic commemoration, much as was intended when first dedicated in the 1920s.
Most communities paid for their memorials by subscription and it is likely that there is a correlation between the affluence of the community and the overall ‘quality’ of the memorial, although the nature of these relationships are probably more complex than simple economics.
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Plate 2. Ebbw Vale civic war memorial (NPRN 309868). The monument manages to evoke a sense of the sacred and the space has been used for contemporary commemorative installations that keep the site modern and relevant.
Whilst currently valued as objects of commemoration, the perceived value of ‘Civic and Community’ memorials and their settings, have generally been fixed and have only partly altered through time. It appears that such memorials have only been moved for good reasons. Porth war memorial (NPRN 309947) was moved due to the construction of the Porth relief road and Ystalyfera war memorial (NL21) was relocated due to vandalism. Uniquely, the cenotaph erected in Newbridge in 1936 was donated to St Fagans museum in 1995 as it was constantly being defaced; the cenotaph was replaced by two bronze plaques set into the wall of the Newbridge police station. There is a clear perception of ‘Civic and Community’ memorials being somewhat sacred and there is justifiable outrage whenever such a memorial is vandalised or disrespected. This sense of inviolability may well be the key reason that only relatively few memorials identified during the course of this work have been significantly altered or moved.
Smaller memorials can be found in virtually all towns and villages and stylistically there is some variety in design, ranging from obelisk, classical column and appropriate to a Welsh context, Celtic cross type. Also included in this category are medieval churchyard crosses re-purposed as war memorials, such as the Llantillio Crossenny war memorial (Plate 3, PRN 01304g), or others consciously constructed to resemble medieval crosses such as that at Christchurch, Newport (Plate 4, NL43). The ravages of time and the reformation meant that whilst the original crosses did not survive, the often substantial bases of these monuments did. These foundations were perfect for the construction of new crosses, suitably modified with inscription plaques bearing the names of the dead affixed to the base or elsewhere on the memorial. Again, as they are generally located within a churchyard, there is a palpable sense of spirituality around these memorials, and as a result, they tend to be at less risk.
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Plate 3. The war memorial at Llantillio Crossenny (PRN01304g) re-used the base of the churchyard’s medieval cross. This is one of a number of similar monuments within Glamorgan and Gwent (GGAT).
Plate 4. The war memorial at Christchurch, Newport (NL43). Although constructed after the First World War, there is a clear attempt at modelling the memorial on medieval church and market crosses (GGAT).
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‘Syndicate memorials’ - Company/congregational memorials both secular and religious
A large number of industrial firms, churches and chapels commissioned their own memorials to commemorate workers or members of congregations who lost their lives. These generally took the form of a plaque or scroll affixed to the wall of the institution in question. This type of memorial is often at risk, particularly the industrial types, simply due to the closure of the business and demolition of the premises. Some plaques have been moved from their original locations, such as that associated with the Orb Steelworks (PRN 09215g), moved to a nearby location and the memorial to the Glamorgan Constabulary (NL23), originally located in Canton in Cardiff but which is now part of the police headquarters in Bridgend. There were undoubtedly numerous similar memorials lost during the de-industrialisation of the South Wales region.
This category of memorial, specifically Rolls of Honour has been classed as ‘unofficial’ in the Swansea University project. It can be argued, however, that these are actually ‘official’ memorials, albeit for a distinctly limited group. It would be better perhaps to refer to them as ‘syndicate memorials’ (i.e. those created by a group of individuals or organizations combined to promote a common interest).
Four syndicate memorials have been moved and incorporated within the space occupied by the civic Ebbw Vale war memorial. The origin of these memorials is unknown but as one contains a reference to Wesleyans (Plate 5) they may have come from disused or demolished chapels. A great many syndicate memorials may have been moved from their original locations, and not all will have been made available for further display. The Roll of Honour and memorial plaque from Swansea’s Memorial Baptist Church (Plate 6), for example, are now held by the West Glamorgan Archives and are completely divorced from the original location, which was demolished in 1992.
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Plate 5. Syndicate memorial located with the civic memorial in Ebbw Vale (NPRN 309868). The reference to Wesleyans suggests it may have come from a demolished chapel. This is one of four that have been re-located to the site of the civic memorial.
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Plate 6. Roll of Honour from Memorial Baptist Church, Swansea, now held in West Glamorgan Archives. This is typical of ‘Syndicate’ memorials but which may no longer be located within the original buildings (West Glamorgan Archive).
Individual memorials
Memorials to individuals do exist, often as plaques within churches. These are more likely to commemorate officers rather than non-commissioned ranks, and are probably reflective of a combination of socially acceptable conventions of commemoration, family connections or endowments to the church in question, rather than being a lack of desire on the part of the families of non-commissioned ranks for that form of commemoration. These plaques are essentially a continuation of the 18th and 19th century tradition amongst the wealthier classes of placing such memorials within the church. The memorial plaque to 2nd Lt Seager (NL41, Plate 7) is an unusual example of a memorial to an individual, as it commemorates the commissioning of an operating theatre at Cardiff Royal Infirmary that straddles the individual and functional memorial categories.
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Plate 7. Memorial (NL41) to 2nd Lt Seager in Cardiff Royal Infirmary. Since the closure of the hospital, the fate of the plaque is unclear (IMW).
Functional memorials
This form of memorial essentially contributes to the living community in which they may be found and are a practical form of commemoration. Such memorials may be reflective of the individuals being commemorated, such as the gates to the football ground at Rodney Parade, Newport (NL33) being used to commemorate former players, but are more likely to benefit the wider community through the construction of community halls, hospitals and civic amenities as well as musical instruments such a chapel and church organs.
Occasionally, the line between functional and syndicate memorials can be blurred, as in the case of the inscription on the lych gate of St Cadoc’s Church, Caerleon (NL13, Plate 8).
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Plate 8. Memorial inscription within the Lych gate of St Cadoc’s Church Caerleon (NL13, LB26117). The gate and plaque straddles the boundary between functional and syndicate memorials (GGAT).
Arguably, functional memorials are most at risk, as they are places that see everyday use, and are considered less inviolable. Halls are modified and adapted, organs have been stripped out of disused churches and community hospitals have been closed and possibly demolished as part of wider National Health Service reforms. Thus the memorial hall at Trehafod (NL08) is in a poor state of disrepair not because it is a marginalised war memorial, but because it is a community hall which has become difficult to maintain. Likewise, the memorial gates forming the entrance to Abertillery Memorial Hospital have become neglected (Plates 9 and 10). The fact remains that people view the gates as a focus of remembrance but for some reason, they have been allowed to fall into a state of disrepair.
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Plate 9. Memorial gates at the entrance to Abertillery Hospital (11048g/408537). Notwithstanding their use as an active site for commemoration, these gates are in a poor state of repair (see below), in common with a number of functional memorials.
Plate 10. One of the memorial gates to Abertillery Hospital (11048g/408537). Note the poor state of the iron work.
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Observations on the memorials and types of commemoration
In general, memorials to earlier conflicts, such as the Boer War, do not appear to have been altered for commemoration of the First World War in the same way as those to the First World War were frequently given additional plaques or names for the Second World War. The reason behind this is unclear but the scale loss caused by the First World War likely resulted in a desire to do something new and markedly different from alterations to existing memorials. Total British deaths during the Second Anglo-Boer War came to just over 22,000; by contrast British and Commonwealth deaths for the six months of the Somme campaign alone in 1916 exceeded 95,000. The actual figure for British and Commonwealth casualties during the First World War varies but is generally accepted to be just over 1 million.
In the case of memorials such as plaques and scrolls in particular, the context of the memorials is key to their value, in terms of being a heritage asset. Such memorials were created as foci for particular communities, whether they be congregations, employees or residents. Once those memorials are removed from that context, it is necessarily true that the value as a heritage asset with a direct link to that social grouping is diminished, whilst in no way lessening the commemorative value of the item itself in terms of the names inscribed on them. The converse is, however, not true. In the case of the Troedrhiwfuwch war memorial (NL16), it could be argued that the perceived heritage value of the war memorial is actually enhanced due to the fact that the community that erected it has disappeared, and that the memorial has become a touchstone for remembering the whole community and not just the names inscribed upon it (Plate 11).
Plate 11. Probably the most poignant civic memorial within South East Wales. The Troedrhiwfuwch memorial (NL16) remembers men lost from a community that no longer exists. Rather the memorial has itself become something of a leitmotif for the original community, in a reversal of the usual order of commemoration.
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‘Syndicate’ and functional memorials, however, are capable of more radical shifts in perceived value. In the case of syndicate memorials, many of the communities that once held them dear have disappeared. For example, the fate of the memorial contained within the demolished Bethesda Chapel in Barry (NPRN 9173) is unknown and, unquestionably, syndicate memorials associated with closed industrial plants have suffered a reduction in their perceived value due the closure of the works or associated contexts and re-location of the memorial itself (NL23 Glamorgan Constabulary memorial). The reality is that syndicate memorials are valued by the communities that created them and upon dispersal or closure of those communities there is an inevitable disintegration of the perceived value of the memorial to those not directly involved. This process will put the memorial itself at risk of loss or destruction.
Functional memorials are even more subject to loss of perceived value. Ironically, this is probably due to their relatively banal nature and the fact that people interact with them as part of their everyday lives, without necessarily being subject to the same degree of reverence as monumental and syndicate memorials. The gates to Abertillery Memorial Hospital (11048g/408537) have been essentially neglected and are in a poor state of repair as they are simply access gates to the former hospital grounds. Nevertheless, from the site visits undertaken as part of this report, it is clear from the presence of wreaths and other commemorative ‘offerings’ that some functional memorials still retain the power to act as foci for memory and commemorative activity.
One site, unique in Glamorgan and Gwent is Tre Elidyr an Arts and Crafts inspired hamlet in Llanover (NPRN 419582), described in Llanover Conservation Area Appraisal & Management Proposal 13 as a “remarkable memorial to soldiers killed in the First World War and named after Lord Treowen’s son, Captain Elidyr Herbert, killed in action in 1917. The hamlet was built in the mid-1920s to the designs of Alfred H. Powell. The hamlet incorporates a war memorial, a Welsh school (its motto ‘Ysgol Harddwch Gwlad’ meaning ‘School in beautiful country’), a dozen cottages and cottage pairs set irregularly around a rectangular green with pleached limes planted to remember soldiers of the estate killed in action”. Tre Elidyr represents a true ‘Living Legacy’ to those lost during the war. Despite alteration since their creation, there is no question that functional memorials have benefitted a great number of people since their inception.
Memorials of all types were an entirely appropriate response to the scale of the losses caused by the First World War and have fulfilled their purpose as ‘sacred spaces’ in which to commemorate those lost during the First World War. It can, however, be argued that National, Civic and Community memorials have become idolized and incorporated into the fabric of our public spaces to such an extent to the extent that those who did come back have been largely forgotten. It is ironic, therefore, that functional memorials, which were an attempt to harness the collective grief of communities in a positive way and to celebrate the lives of the lost through provision of facilities that would benefit those communities, true ‘Living Legacies’, have also largely been forgotten and are at greater risk than the civic memorials to the dead.
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Conclusion
The initial aim of the project was to use one data set to enhance the HER. In the event, multiple data sets had to be examined including those provided by other statutory bodies and the Imperial War Museum. Examining these data highlighted the problems inherent with multiple agencies gathering and holding data on the same category of monument, and often on the same individual monument.
Memorialisation of the First World War within Glamorgan and Gwent is a complex subject that has resulted in the creation of a variety of physical manifestations (e.g. Gaffney 1998, Westlake 2001, 2002). This multiplicity is visible in the diverse range of memorials noted in this study and analysis of the data set gathered for this report has permitted a number of strands around these manifestations to be drawn out, in particular the identification of broad categories of monument, and a basic assessment of the risk faced by those different categories.
The study of war memorials is a vigorous topic that engages diverse communities and groups and has, at least for the period of the centenary of the First World War, been a focus for a great number of separate projects. This was evident from the multiplicity of projects (see digital bibliography) which are ongoing and which will continue to ensure that war memorials themselves will be cared for by the wider community in a way that many other heritage assets are not; one reason for this is undoubtedly the fact that civic and community memorials are visited annually for the Service of Remembrance and have therefore been adopted into the ritual fabric of society. The sense of spirituality surrounding such memorials is powerful and contributes to the reverence and care that communities take over their own war memorial and will help to ensure a significant degree of protection to them moving forward.
Ironically, functional memorials, which people have utilised every day, were never intended to be treated with the same sort of reverence as the previous category. As a result, they have been altered or neglected according to the ability of the body responsible for their upkeep. Nevertheless, there is a public awareness of the significance of most of these memorials, as the fresh poppy wreathes adorning the dilapidated gates (which are Listed) to the Abertillery Memorial Hospital eloquently attest.
Occupying the space between the functional and community memorials are the syndicate memorials, most of which take the form of commemorative tablets and scrolls. These are essentially pieces of artwork and in that respect are similar to ornate tombstones and memorials found within churches. Whether these items, which are on the periphery of what may be described as a heritage site, should be considered as eligible for statutory designation is probably a topic that requires a policy decision; however, by designating them as being significant as war memorials, this might set a precedent for the designation of other types of item as heritage assets in their own right.
In terms of raw numbers, 28 of the memorials included in this report were previously recorded on the HER. 106 memorials were recorded on the NMR but not the Regional HER, whilst 17 memorials are recorded on both the Regional HER and NMR. 49 previously unrecorded memorials of all types have been included in the current report. An additional 155 war memorials relating to the First World War in Glamorgan and Gwent will therefore be added to the Regional HER. Almost all civic and community memorials are Listed and those in the remaining categories are subject to Listing as they are incorporated into buildings that are themselves Listed. No recommendations for consideration for statutory protection have been generated from the current work.
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5. Bibliography
Cadw, 2014, Caring for War Memorials in Wales, Cadw, Cardiff Gaffney, A, 1998, Aftermath: Remembering the Great War in Wales. University of Wales Press, Cardiff Westlake, R, 2001, First World War Graves and Memorials in Gwent Volume 1, Wharncliffe Books, Barnsley Westlake, R, 2002, First World War Graves and Memorials in Gwent Volume 2, Wharncliffe Books, Barnsley
Online resources
Caerphilly war memorial project - http://your.caerphilly.gov.uk/abervalleyheritage/wwi-project Civic Trust war memorials survey toolkit http://www.civicvoice.org.uk/campaigns/war- memorials-condition-survey-toolkit-/ Cwmcarn war memorial - https://timwolversonphotos.wordpress.com/2014/09/15/cwmcarn- war-memorial/ Glamorgan Archives - https://glamarchives.wordpress.com/tag/penarth-war-memorial/ Glamorgan war memorial selection - http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Glamorgan/index.html Gwent Archives - http://www.gwentarchives.gov.uk/media/32478/the-first-world-war-a- handlist-of-records-at-gwent-archives.pdf Gwent Heritage website war memorials - http://firstworldwar.gwentheritage.org.uk/content/catalogue_item/%EF%BB%BFllanhilleth- roll-of-honour History Points website Cowbridge War Memorial- http://historypoints.org/index.php?page=cowbridge-war-memorial Imperial War Museum war memorials register (national database) - https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/search Machen First World war memorial Group - http://www.jrawl.co.uk/ Masonic Great War Project https://www.masonicgreatwarproject.org.uk/ Nelson war memorial Group - http://www.nelson-ww1-memorial.org.uk/ Newbridge war memorial - http://www.newbridgewarmemorial.co.uk/memorial.html Penallt war memorial - http://www.penallt.org.uk/gallery/war-memorial/restoration Peoples Collection Wales war memorials - https://www.peoplescollection.wales/collections/377460 Ray Westlake (Gwent War Memorial author) website - http://www.hellfirecorner.co.uk/Westlakegwent.htm Swansea University war memorials project - http://war-memorials.swan.ac.uk/ Traces of War website Glamorgan - https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/map.asp?countryid=83&provinceid=538 War memorials legislation - http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/13-14/18/contents War Memorials Online - https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/ War Memorials Trust - http://www.warmemorials.org/links-wales/ West Glamorgan Archives – https://www.swansea.gov.uk/article/45463/Their-names-shall-live- for-evermore-uncovering-hidden-war-memorials-at-West-Glamorgan-Archives West Wales war memorials Project - https://www.wwwmp.co.uk/glamorgan-memorials/ Ystradgynlais war memorials - http://www.ystradgynlais-wargraves.co.uk/ystradgynlais- memorials.html
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Appendix I. Gazetteer of sites
PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance 08562g Abercarn war A War Memorial located A War Memorial located at the Other Modern War Commemorative Intact Documentary LB II 20996 321600 194950 GG 1 2 C memorial, Market at the historic centre of historic centre of Abercarn Structure memorial Square, Abercarn Abercarn village, a village, a cenotaph of white cenotaph of white stone stone commemorates the dead commemorates the dead of the First World War. (01)A of the First World War. memorial designed by J.H. Highley and unveiled in 1923. The memorial consists of a female figure holding a wreath of laurels and blowing a trumpet with the words "Gwell Angau Na Chywilydd" (Better Death than Dishonour). (Crawford 2014). 07940m/ Abercynon War Erected 1922 to Erected 1922 to commemorate Other Modern War Commemorative Intact Documentary LB II 80761 308180 194980 GG 1 2 C 302070 Memorial clock commemorate the dead of the dead of the First World structure memorial the First World War War 1914-1918. Plaques 1914-1918. Plaques listing names from the Second listing names from the World War added 1946. Town Second World War added clock and war memorial. Built 1946. Town clock and of cream limestone with metal war memorial. Built of fittings. A tower with a domed cream limestone with roof, detached fluted corner metal fittings. A tower columns beside the panels, a with a domed roof, clock in each face, standing on detached fluted corner a rusticated plinth, on two columns beside the steps. The column capitals panels, a clock in each have small paterae and the face, standing on a entablature above has a rusticated plinth, on two pierced motif to the frieze and steps. The column billet moulding to the cornice. capitals have small Each clock face has Roman paterae and the numerals, is surrounded by a entablature above has a wreath and set at the top of a pierced motif to the frieze panel with raised moulded and billet moulding to the borders. The main incised cornice. Each clock face inscription faces the town with has Roman numerals, is added metal plates recording surrounded by a wreath the dead of the Second World and set at the top of a War. On top is a weathervane panel with raised and at corners metal torches, moulded borders. The two of which retain their main incised inscription flame-shaped glass shades. At faces the town with added rear is a doorway giving metal plates recording the access to the clock. Source: dead of the Second World Cadw Listed Buildings. ALH War. On top is a 20/10/2011 weathervane and at corners metal torches, two of which retain their flame-shaped glass shades. At rear is a doorway giving access to the clock.Source: Cadw Listed Buildings. ALH 20/10/2011
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance 07941m Aberfan War War memorial War memorial comprising Other Modern War Commemorative Intact Documentary LB II 80874 307280 199710 GG 1 2 C memorial comprising bronze soldier bronze soldier on Portland structure memorial on Portland stone stone pedestal sculpted by pedestal sculpted by Havard Thomas 1921. Source: Havard Thomas 1921. Cadw list description, 2003. Source: Cadw list 2004.02.13/RCAHMW/SLE description, 2003. 2004.02.13/RCAHMW/S LE 05181s/ Barry War Reconstituted stone war Reconstituted stone war Other Modern War Commemorative Not Documentary LB II 15887 311413 168047 GG 1 2 C 419442 Memorial, Barry memorial located in front memorial located in front and Structure memorial known and to the NE of the to the NE of the Memorial Memorial Hall, Hall, Gladstone Road, Barry. Gladstone Road, Barry. Design probably by E R Hinchcliff the Borough Surveyor. Unveiled in November 1932. (Vale of Glamorgan County Treasures)For further information see the Listed Building description. 01875s Base of war 1921 War Memorial. 1921 War Memorial. Celtic Other Modern Commemo Commemorative Not Documentary LB II 13278 296705 168746 GG 1 2 C memorial, Llantwitt Celtic Cross on medieval Cross on medieval base of 4 Structure rative known; evidence Major base of 4 square stone square stone steps, monument Restored steps, diminishing diminishing upwards in upwards in height. 18th height. 18th C. repairs to base; Cnt repairs to base; major major restoration in restoration in 1921. 1921.Recorded as part of GGAT130 (Crawford 2014). 08876g Bedwellty Park war Bedwellty Park is located Bedwellty Park is located on Other Modern War Commemorative Intact Documentary LB II 22488 314402 208540 GG 2 2 C memorial, Tredegar on the S side of Tredegar the S side of Tredegar town Structure memorial town centre. The War centre. The War Memorial Memorial stands near the stands near the eastern eastern boundary of the boundary of the park, facing park, facing The The Promenade. History: Promenade. Erected c. 1920 as a First World War Memorial. The bronze figure was sculpted by N.A. Trent of the Morris Art Foundry, London. Bedwellty House was presented, along with its grounds, to the people of Tredegar by the Morgan family of Tredegar House in 1901, for recreational purposes. Reason: Listed as an impressively designed war memorial in attractive parkland setting. Exterior: The memorial stands on a small raised square enclosure with ashlar kerb. The structure faces E towards the road, fronted by a flight of ashlar steps. Tall tapering ashlar pedestal, the centre broken forward for bronze figure of a fully kitted soldier, standing against a tall plain Celtic
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance Cross with wheel-head. Soldier depicted presenting arms; signed `N.A. Trent, London. Cast by the Morris Art Foundry, London. Inscription on plinth below reads: `To the Glory of God and the immortal memory of the men of Tredegar who fell in the Great War 1914-1918. They died that we might live' Later inscription below `Also World War 1939-1945'. (01) 11044g/ Blackwood War A cenotaph-type war A cenotaph-type war Memorial Modern War Commemorative Intact Documentary LB II 26700 317291 197618 MM 1 2 C 419422 Memorial memorial influenced by memorial influenced by memorial Lutyens' Cenotaph in Lutyens' Cenotaph in Whitehall, London. Of Whitehall, London. Of limestone ashlar on a limestone ashlar on a polished polished granite square granite square base and base and stepped plinth. stepped plinth. The pylon has The pylon has inscriptions with black letters inscriptions with black to the front and sides, while letters to the front and the L side also has a metal sides, while the L side plaque with a roll call of the also has a metal plaque 1914-18 and 1939-45 wars. with a roll call of the The stepped cap incorporates 1914-18 and 1939-45 polished granite bands and wars. The stepped cap pilasters, and 2 wreaths in incorporates polished relief to each face. The granite bands and approach is formed of 2 pilasters, and 2 wreaths in square piers between convex relief to each face. The concrete steps. On the L side approach is formed of 2 facing Lewis Avenue is a square piers between dwarf wall and ashlar piers convex concrete steps. framing 3 bays of iron railings On the L side facing incorporating X-shaped Lewis Avenue is a dwarf panels. (Cadw listing wall and ashlar piers information) framing 3 bays of iron railings incorporating X- shaped panels. (Cadw listing information) 00363s Bonvilston A calvary of four steps, A calvary of four steps, Other Medieval Churchyar Religious, Ritual Not Documentary LB II 16320 306463 174014 GG 1 2 C Churchyard Cross surmounted by a surmounted by a Medieval Structure d cross and Funerary known Medieval type socket type socket stone and modern stone and modern cross cross shaft, has been shaft, has been converted converted to use as a War to use as a War Memorial. Four steps built in Memorial. squared blocks lias limestone; socket stone square/octagonal, upper half chamfered, very eroded; modern shaft and head (restored as war memorial).Evans 1998 GGAT 51 Historic Churches Project 00575s Cadoxton-Juxta- The base of the Cross is The base of the Cross is still in Other Medieval Churchyar Religious, Ritual Not Documentary LB II 15901 312997 169339 GG 1 2 C Barry Churchyard still in position and now position and now bears a Structure d cross and Funerary known Cross bears a modern shaft and modern shaft and head; it head; it serves as a War serves as a War Memorial.
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance Memorial. Four rebuilt rubble steps; socket stone, shaft and head renewed. Restored as war memorial. Evans 1998 GGAT 51 Historic Churches Project 07934m Coedpenmaen A regimental war A regimental war memorial Memorial Modern War Commemorative Intact Documentary 307796 190302 GG 1 2 C Common War memorial unveiled in unveiled in 1923. A tall memorial Memorial 1923. A tall obelisk of obelisk of coursed, rock-faced coursed, rock-faced sandstone on a deep square sandstone on a deep base and stepped stone plinth, square base and stepped and with polished granite stone plinth, and with inscription panels. On the west polished granite side of the base, overlooking inscription panels. On the the town, is a large inscription west side of the base, panel with a First World War overlooking the town, is a dedication, while on the large inscription panel remaining faces are smaller with a First World War panels recording regimental dedication, while on the campaigns (Palestine, Egypt, remaining faces are Gallipoli). Below the main smaller panels recording panel is a smaller panel with a regimental campaigns Second World War dedication. (Palestine, Egypt, The base has a moulded Gallipoli). Below the freestone cornice. On the east main panel is a smaller face of the obelisk is a large panel with a Second inscription panel with the World War dedication. regimental badge in relief. The The base has a moulded memorial stands within a freestone cornice. On the square raised platform on a east face of the obelisk is dwarf rock-faced retaining a large inscription panel wall with cast iron railings and with the regimental badge double gates with approach in relief. The memorial steps to the west side. An stands within a square outer fence of galvanised raised platform on a metal has original cast iron dwarf rock-faced double gates which bear the retaining wall with cast inscription 'The fifth battalion iron railings and double the Welch Regiment'.(source; gates with approach steps Cadw listing database) S to the west side. An outer Fielding RCAHMW fence of galvanised metal 5/07/2006 has original cast iron double gates which bear the inscription 'The fifth battalion the Welch Regiment'.(source; Cadw listing database) S Fielding RCAHMW 5/07/2006 9168 Bethania chapel, Bethania Baptist Chapel Chapel built 1867/70 & Scroll Modern Scroll Other Not Documentary 258700 196310 GG 2 2 C Gowerton, Gower, was first built in 1869, as rebuilt/modified 1874. Built in known Swansea recorded on the date simple Round-headed style, plaque. This building was long wall entry. Date of rebuilt in 1874 in a very chapel: 1874. Status (2002): plain, Simple Round- unknown. The RCCEORBW Headed style, with two records it having sittings for tall round-headed 425 people, and being built at windows in the end gable a cost of £1000. and a small entrance
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance porch on the right side. The chapel contains a memorial Roll of Honour 9846 Gibeon Chapel, Tai Gibeon Chapel, Tai Bach, Gibeon Independent Chapel Memorial Modern Memorial Memorial Not Documentary 277570 188920 GG 2 3 C Bach, Port Talbot Port Talbot which was first built in 1854, known and subsequently altered or rebuilt in 1860 by the architect Reverend Thomas Thomas of Landore and builder J.Steadman of Port Talbot. It underwent further alteration in 1910. The present chapel, dated 1860, is built in the Sub- Classical and Lombardic/Italian styles with a gable-entry plan. The main facade has a central doorway with a curved pediment supported by two pairs of Corinthian columns; over this is a vential window, the outer two lights with marginal glazing. The main pediment is decorated with a dentilated cornice and central roundel window. The chapel contains a memorial to members of the congregation killed during the First World War. 12927 Pisgah Chapel, Tal- Pisgah Baptist channel. Pisgah Baptist Chapel was Memorial Modern Memorial Memorial Not Documentary 326070 204360 MM 2 3 C y-Wain, Abersychan built in 1827, rebuilt in 1831 known and 1850, and again in 1891. The present chapel, dated 1897, is built in the Simple Gothic style with a gable entry plan and two storeys. The chapel contains a memorial to members of the congregation killed during the First World War. 08060w Dan y Graig War memorial cross War memorial cross designed Memorial Modern War Commemorative Intact Documentary LB II 82485 267594 193477 GG 1 2 C Cemetery War designed by Sir Reginald by Sir Reginald Blomfield. memorial Memorial, St Blomfield. Source: Cadw Source: Cadw list description, Thomas, Port list description, 2004. 2004. Tennant 2004.02.23/RCAHMW/S 2004.02.23/RCAHMW/SLE LE 08058w/ Gorseinon War Situated in the south-east Situated in the south-east Other Modern War Commemorative Intact Documentary LB II 26261 258660 198710 GG 1 2 C 419457 Memorial corner of the churchyard corner of the churchyard of Structure memorial of the Church of Saint the Church of Saint Catherine Catherine at the junction at the junction of Alexandra of Alexandra Road and Road and Princess Street. A Princess Street. A celtic celtic cross war memorial of cross war memorial of 1922 erected to the memory of 1922 erected to the the fallen of the First World memory of the fallen of War, 1914-18, the gift of the the First World War, Lewis family, owners of the 1914-18, the gift of the tin works at Gorseinon. The Lewis family, owners of cross, of unusual scale, was the tin works at said to be the largest in Wales.
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance Gorseinon. The cross, of A tall granite monolith Celtic unusual scale, was said to cross with interlace and be the largest in Wales. A ropemould decoration tall granite monolith standing on a tapered, rock- Celtic cross with interlace faced granite plinth. The plinth and ropemould has a recessed panel decoration standing on a inscription on its west face tapered, rock-faced with commemorating those granite plinth. The plinth (unnamed) who fell in both has a recessed panel world wars. Square granite inscription on its west base and two steps up. The face with pillar is capped with a stylised commemorating those chimneyed 'roof'. (Cadw (unnamed) who fell in Listing database with both world wars. Square additions).RCAHMW, 14 granite base and two October 2014 steps up. The pillar is capped with a stylised chimneyed 'roof'. (Cadw Listing database with additions).RCAHMW, 14 October 2014 00353g Llangybi churchyard Churchyard cross. Churchyard cross. Remains of Other Unknown Churchyar Religious, Ritual Not Documentary 337380 196670 MM 1 2 C cross, Llangybbi Remains of cross base cross base consists of the Structure d cross and Funerary known consists of the lower step lower step only. It is of stone only. It is of stone and and mortar and is 3.8m square mortar and is 3.8m square & 0.6m high. Top is grass & 0.6m high. Top is grass covered & surmounted by a covered & surmounted by memorial. Single step with a memorial. chamfered underside surmounted by modern war memorial. Evans 1997 GGAT 51 Historic Churches Project 01304g Llantilio Crossenny Llantilio Crossenny Llantilio Crossenny Other Unknown Churchyar Religious, Ritual Intact Site visit 339850 214980 MM 1 2 C churchyard cross, churchyard cross, churchyard cross, restored as a Structure d cross and Funerary Llantilio Crossenny restored as a war war memorial. Cross very memorial. heavily restored as war memorial, with rebuilt steps (4) and new shaft with associated crockets and pinnacles which obscure socket stone. Socket stone square with chamfered top. Evans 1997 GGAT 51 Historic Churches Project 01481g Llantilio Pertholey The medieval churchyard Restored as war memorial, on Other Medieval Church- Religious, Ritual Not Documentary LB II 19312 331150 216310 MM 1 2 C churchyard cross cross has been restored as four modern steps with Structure yard cross and Funerary known a war memorial. Only modern shaft; only socket- the socket stone survives stone is medieval - octagonal from the Middle Ages, top, broached corners. Evans the steps and shaft being 1997 GGAT 51 Historic modern. Churches Project Recorded as part of First World War Scoping Study Glamorgan and Gwent (Crawford 2014) 07931m/ Maesteg War Unveiled by Major- Unveiled by Major-General Memorial Modern War Commemorative Not Documentary LB II 18497 285319 191382 GG 1 2 C 419420 Memorial General Sir Thomas O. Sir Thomas O. Marden, memorial known Marden, K.B.E., C.B., K.B.E., C.B., C.M.G. on C.M.G. on Thursday 11th Thursday 11th November
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance November 1926, to the 1926, to the memory of the memory of the many many individuals from individuals from Maesteg Maesteg and District, who and District, who gave gave their life in the First their life in the First World War. On Sunday, World War. On Sunday, November 10th 1946, another November 10th 1946, unveiling and memorial another unveiling and service took place, this time to memorial service took the fallen of the Second World place, this time to the War. Much more recently a fallen of the Second memorial has been added to World War. Much more Guardsman Christopher recently a memorial has Mordecai, who died in the been added to Guardsman Falklands War. The Memorial Christopher Mordecai, was not without its who died in the Falklands controversy. A committee of War. The Memorial was Maesteg Urban District not without its Council was set up in June controversy. A committee 1921 and had two meetings, of Maesteg Urban before coming to a complete District Council was set standstill. In March 1922 Mr up in June 1921 and had W.J. Watkins asked at a two meetings, before council meeting: "What has coming to a complete become of the War Memorial standstill. In March 1922 Scheme?". This apparently Mr W.J. Watkins asked at caused 'some liveliness' at the a council meeting: "What meeting. (Bridgend had has become of the War already unveiled their Memorial Scheme?". memorial on November 11th This apparently caused the year before, 1921.) The 'some liveliness' at the excuse given was that, the meeting. (Bridgend had negotiations for the proposed already unveiled their site, near St. David's Church, memorial on November were taking longer to 11th the year before, complete than anticipated. 1921.) The excuse given Eventually a decision was was that, the negotiations made that the memorial should for the proposed site, near be built. The designer of the St. David's Church, were memorial was Mr L.F. Roslyn, taking longer to complete R.B.S. (Mr Roslyn was, in than anticipated. fact, the designer chosen to Eventually a decision was execute a bronze relief, "The made that the memorial Triumph of Labour", from the should be built. The workers of Great Britain to the designer of the memorial workers of America.) The was Mr L.F. Roslyn, memorial stands in a semi- R.B.S. (Mr Roslyn was, circular recess; the pedestal of in fact, the designer axed grey granite, standing chosen to execute a 10ft. 3in. high, is surmounted bronze relief, "The by two bronze figures, 7ft. Triumph of Labour", high. The figures represent a from the workers of Great soldier with a bayonet Britain to the workers of defending to the last his dying America.) The memorial comrade. stands in a semi-circular recess; the pedestal of axed grey granite, standing 10ft. 3in. high, is surmounted by two
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance bronze figures, 7ft. high. The figures represent a soldier with a bayonet defending to the last his dying comrade. 00011g Marshfield An octagonal socket Marshfield churchyard cross Structure Medieval Church- Religious, Ritual Not Documentary SM MM 326160 182570 MM 1 2 A Churchyard Cross stone and shaft, both consists of an octagonal other yard cross and Funerary known 311 medieval and probably socket-stone c 0.73m across dating to 15th century, and c0.6m high with carved surmounted by a modern quatrefoil desoration on each cross erected as a war face, best preserved to east, memorial. together with a height of c0.37m of the original medieval cross shaft. They probably date to 15th century. The remains of the medieval shaft is surmounted by a modern cross erected as a war memorial in 1991.Cross described on OS card in a note dated 1957, but could not be found on site visit. Evans 1997 GGAT 51 Historic Churches Project 11045g New Tredegar War The War Memorial was The War Memorial was first Structure Modern War Commemorative Not Documentary LB II 22488 314253 203165 GG 1 2 C Memorial first unveiled in unveiled in November 1923 other memorial known November 1923 by by Viscount Tredegar. The Viscount Tredegar. The officiating minister was officiating minister was Reverend Richards of the Reverend Richards of the English Congregational English Congregational Church. The band of The Church. The band of The Welsh Regiment played at the Welsh Regiment played ceremony. The memorial is at the ceremony. The right in the centre of New memorial is right in the Tredegar town, set on steps in centre of New Tredegar a walled enclosure; a town, set on steps in a dominant position, backing walled enclosure; a onto the church of St Dingat dominant position, and the adjacent Hall and backing onto the church opposite the Tredegar Arms of St Dingat and the Hotel. War Memorial. A red adjacent Hall and granite pedestal with white opposite the Tredegar marble figures. Pedestal Arms Hotel. War consists of 3 shallow rock- Memorial. A red granite faced steps supporting a pedestal with white polished pier with battered marble figures. Pedestal plinth, inscription panel on consists of 3 shallow front and names on 3 sides of rock-faced steps the main pier and plinth supporting a polished pier sections, with tooled plain with battered plinth, deep frieze and coping; the inscription panel on front sections are separated by rock- and names on 3 sides of faced bands. Two life-size the main pier and plinth figures: one a standing soldier sections, with tooled with gun at the ready, the other plain deep frieze and hatless, collapsed and clasping coping; the sections are his head with one hand. (Cadw separated by rock-faced listing information) bands. Two life-size
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance figures: one a standing soldier with gun at the ready, the other hatless, collapsed and clasping his head with one hand. (Cadw listing information) 09154g Newport Athletics Founded in 1875, Founded in 1875, Newport complex Post- sports recreational Not Documentary 331571 188230 MM 2 3 C Club Newport Athletic Club Athletic Club also Medieval ground known also incorporated the incorporated the football club football club (founded (founded 1874, which later 1874, which later became became the rugby club). The the rugby club). The ground was further developed ground was further in the 1870s and was developed in the 1870s indicative of a swelling in and was indicative of a civic pride in Newport at the swelling in civic pride in time, a number of sports Newport at the time, a flourished, most notably rugby number of sports and cricket. The northern part flourished, most notably of the site is occupied by a rugby and cricket. clubhouse and club shops of varying dates. One shop bears the club coat of arms and the date 1875. The site is also the location of the War Memorial Gates (LB26240). 07933m/ Pant War memorial, War memorial to 15 dead War memorial to 15 dead of Structure Modern War Commemorative Intact Documentary LB II 306564 209018 GG 1 2 C 419427 Merthyr Tydfil of First World War, 1926, First World War, 1926, pillar- other memorial pillar-type memorial with type memorial with 3-sided 3-sided screen wall screen wall behind, in finely behind, in finely carved carved pale ashlar, heavily pale ashlar, heavily scoured with some erosion of scoured with some detail in late C20 cleaning. erosion of detail in late Designed by the curator of the C20 cleaning. Designed local museum, this memorial by the curator of the local was unveiled in 1926 by Maj- museum, this memorial Gen Sir Thomas Marden. War was unveiled in 1926 by Memorial, ashlar, square plan, Maj-Gen Sir Thomas base, shaft and carved top Marden. War Memorial, feature, set on 3 steps. Base ashlar, square plan, base, with top moulding, plain high shaft and carved top square shaft with ogee- feature, set on 3 steps. moulded cornice. Carved Base with top moulding, crowning feature is a cube plain high square shaft with cross in relief on each with ogee-moulded face, relief laurel wreath, and cornice. Carved crowning Prince of Wales feathers, the feature is a cube with feathers incised onto cube cross in relief on each faces with 3-dimensional tops face, relief laurel wreath, curving over upper edges of and Prince of Wales cube. Small recessed top feathers, the feathers feature with coved square incised onto cube faces pedestal carrying royal with 3-dimensional tops crown._x000d_Shaft has curving over upper edges metal plaque 1914-1918 of cube. Small recessed attached and base another for top feature with coved 1939-45 war. Relief crosses of square pedestal carrying top feature have 1914-1918 royal crown. Shaft has incised. Screen wall of similar
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance metal plaque 1914-1918 stone in 3 canted sections each attached and base another with outer pilasters on for 1939-45 war. Relief pedestals with carved capitals. crosses of top feature Walls between pilasters have have 1914-1918 incised. mouldings at top of pedestal Screen wall of similar level, and at level of base of stone in 3 canted sections capitals, defining frieze under each with outer pilasters dentil cornice. The frieze is on pedestals with carved finely lettered in 3 sections: capitals. Walls between Greater love hath no / man pilasters have mouldings than this that a man lay down / at top of pedestal level, his life for his friends. Rear of and at level of base of screen wall is of tooled grey capitals, defining frieze limestone. Whole memorial is under dentil cornice. The on platform up 3 grey frieze is finely lettered in limestone steps flanked by 2 3 sections: Greater love ashlar low piers with plinths hath no / man than this and caps each side with short that a man lay down / his ramped wall between. One life for his friends. Rear further low pier each side in of screen wall is of tooled line with upper pier of steps. grey limestone. Whole The memorial is enclosed by memorial is on platform iron railings on rock-faced up 3 grey limestone steps stone low coping. A length flanked by 2 ashlar low about 15m then gate screen at piers with plinths and right angles with fixed outer caps each side with short gates with down-curved top- ramped wall between. rail and scroll work and One further low pier each double centre gates similar but side in line with upper the top-rails down-curved to pier of steps. The meeting stile. Stanchions have memorial is enclosed by small ball finials. Another iron railings on rock- length of railings of about faced stone low coping. A 15m runs at right angles length about 15m then downhill to right, the railings gate screen at right angles in stepped sections. (Cadw with fixed outer gates listing information). with down-curved top- rail and scroll work and double centre gates similar but the top-rails down-curved to meeting stile. Stanchions have small ball finials. Another length of railings of about 15m runs at right angles downhill to right, the railings in stepped sections. (Cadw listing information). 04012g Pantymoel Gates Pantymoel Gates Pantymoel Gates comprises Other Post- Gate Unassigned Not Documentary LB II* 18466 329060 200510 MM 2 2 C comprises the entrance to the entrance to the main drive Structure Medieval known the main drive from from Pontymoel to the south Pontymoel to the south of of Pontypool Park. The Cadw Pontypool Park. The Listed Building Description is Cadw Listed Building as follows: 'They are said to Description is as follows: have been given to Major John 'They are said to have Hanbury of Pontypool Park been given to Major John (1664-1734) by his friend
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance Hanbury of Pontypool Sarah, Duchess of Park (1664-1734) by his Marlborough (1660-1744)'. friend Sarah, Duchess of The gates are thought to have Marlborough (1660- been erected in the early/mid 1744)'. The gates are 19th century, possibly in 1835 thought to have been by Thomas Deakin, probably erected in the early/mid for Capel Hanbury Leigh. 19th century, possibly in Additional ironwork added to 1835 by Thomas Deakin, the gate was manufactured at probably for Capel the Blaenavon Ironworks. Hanbury Leigh. Claims that the gates given by Additional ironwork the Duchess now form a part added to the gate was of the War Memorial in manufactured at the Hanbury Road, Pontypool Blaenavon Ironworks. (qv.) appear unfounded. Claims that the gates Hanbury was executor of the given by the Duchess first Duke of Marlborough''s now form a part of the will and these gates are War Memorial in supposed to be a gift fom the Hanbury Road, grateful widow. They stood in Pontypool (qv.) appear the arch between the unfounded. Hanbury was Pontypool Park house and the executor of the first Duke stable block (now St Alban''s of Marlborough''s will School and the Valley and these gates are Inheritance museum, qv. Park supposed to be a gift fom Road, Pontymoile) until the grateful widow. They reused here.' (Cadw Listed stood in the arch between Building Description). the Pontypool Park house and the stable block (now St Alban''s School and the Valley Inheritance museum, qv. Park Road, Pontymoile) until reused here.' (Cadw Listed Building Description). 08059w Parc Brillau War War memorial of 1921 in War memorial of 1921 in a Structure Modern War Commemorative Not Documentary LB II 82380 269660 197500 GG 1 2 C memorial, a public park, signed by public park, signed by W.S. other memorial known Llansamlet W.S. Deans of Morriston, Deans of Morriston, unveiled unveiled 7th January 7th January 1922. The 1922. The memorial memorial features a granite features a granite square square with a tall main shaft in with a tall main shaft in polished brown granite polished brown granite slightly tapered with names in slightly tapered with raised letters. Source: Cadw names in raised letters. list description, Source: Cadw list 2004.2004.01.27/RCAHMW/ description, SLE 2004.2004.01.27/RCAH MW/SLE 11042g/ Pontypool War A War Memorial to WWI A War Memorial to WWI in Gates Modern War Commemorative Not Documentary LB II 18466 328257 200822 MM 2 2 C 419441 Memorial gates in the form of an the form of an ironwork memorial known ironwork screen with screen with central gates. Built central gates. Built of of limestone ashlar with cast limestone ashlar with cast iron railings and gates and iron railings and gates bronze plaques. Both the and bronze plaques. Both stonework and the bronze the stonework and the have been heavily bronze have been heavily overpainted. Dwarf stone
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance overpainted. Dwarf stone walls support panels of walls support panels of elaborate ironwork and are elaborate ironwork and punctuated by piers with are punctuated by piers corniced caps of which the with corniced caps of ones to the main gates are which the ones to the taller. Central pair of elaborate main gates are taller. iron gates in the early C18 Central pair of elaborate manner and probably inspired iron gates in the early by the Pontypool Park gates in C18 manner and probably Rockhill Road (but see inspired by the Pontypool History). The piers have Park gates in Rockhill bronze plaques recording the Road (but see History). names of the fallen, and one The piers have bronze pier carries the inscription plaques recording the 'THIS MEMORIAL TO THE names of the fallen, and MEN & WOMEN OF THE one pier carries the DISTRICTS OF inscription 'THIS ABERSYCHAN AND MEMORIAL TO THE PONTYPOOL WHO MADE MEN & WOMEN OF THE SUPREME SACRIFICE THE DISTRICTS OF IN THE GREAT WAR WAS ABERSYCHAN AND UNVEILED BY MAJOR PONTYPOOL WHO GENERAL LORD MADE THE SUPREME TREOWEN C.B. C.M.G. SACRIFICE IN THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF GREAT WAR WAS MONMOUTHSHIRE UNVEILED BY MAJOR DECEMBER 18th 1924'. GENERAL LORD There is also a smaller TREOWEN C.B. C.M.G. footgate. (Cadw listing LORD LIEUTENANT information) OF MONMOUTHSHIRE DECEMBER 18th 1924'. There is also a smaller footgate. (Cadw listing information) 08250g Shirenewton The churchyard has been The churchyard has been Structure Medieval Church- Religious, ritual and Not Documentary 347860 193540 MM 1 2 C churchyard war extended to the NE in extended to the NE in 1966 other yard funerary known memorial 1966 (Davies 1984, 5), (Davies 1984, 5), and an and an possible earlier possible earlier extension into extension into the S is the S is marked by a slight marked by a slight bank; bank; without these two without these two extensions it shape would be extensions it shape would very compact polygon, be very compact polygon, possibly derived from a circle. possibly derived from a It was partly curvilinear at the circle. time of the tithe map in 1843. The church is on a slight platform, raised above the rest of the churchyard at the E end and cut in at the W end. The original churchyard is largely flat but slopes down slightly to the S; the later extension is on a lower terrace at the NE. Although the churchyard is raised above the surrounding area on all sides, this is probably not significant as the church is on summit. The
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance present boundary to the original churchyard is a stone retaining wall crowned with hedge; another earth bank separates it from the new extension. The main entrance is a set of double gates, from where a path leads round the W side of the church to the S porch; there are also two single gate in the original churchyard wall, one towards the W end of the N side and the other in the middle of the S side, and a set of steps in NE corner original churchyard, from an avenue between stone walls, now closed off at the N end by the war memorial, but possibly an earlier main entrance. Evans 1997 GGAT 51 Historic Churches Project 11040g/ Skenfrith War A War Memorial cross A War Memorial cross Structure Modern War Commemorative Intact Documentary 345747 220220 MM 1 2 C 301552 Memorial mounted on a walled mounted on a walled podium other memorial podium which doubles as which doubles as a horse a horse trough. trough. Commemorates the Commemorates the First First World War of 1914-19. World War of 1914-19. Constructed of limestone and Constructed of limestone sandstone. R.A.Jones, and sandstone. RCAHMW, 29/1/2001. R.A.Jones, RCAHMW, 29/1/2001. 08622g St Basils' Lynch Lych gate of St Basil's Lych gate of St Basil's Church Documents Modern Lych gate Religious, ritual and Intact Documentary LB II 81801 327767 187049 MM 2 2 C Gate, Graig Church erected as a war erected as a war memorial in funerary memorial in 1926, it is 1926, it is constructed from constructed from Oak Oak with a bronze figure of St with a bronze figure of St Geogre standing against a red Geogre standing against a and gold mosaic background. red and gold mosaic The statue is signed by the background. The statue is sculptor Glibert Bayes. signed by the sculptor Glibert Bayes. 02903w Talbot Memorial Small, well preserved Small, well preserved urban Park and Modern Garden Commemorative; Intact Documentary register II PGW 277300 189200 GG 2 3 B Park, Port Talbot urban public park with a public park with a fine central garden Gardens, Parks and ed (Gm) fine central bandstand bandstand and war memorial. Urban Spaces parks 45 and war memorial. The The commemorative character and (NEP) commemorative character of the park is emphasised by gardens of the park is emphasised the main gate, which is by the main gate, which dedicated to Rupert Price is dedicated to Rupert Hallowes, VC (1881-1915). Price Hallowes, VC (01)Recorded as part of (1881-1915). GAT130 (Crawford 2014). 04756g/ Magor war War Memorial to the War Memorial to the dead of 2 Structure Modern War Commemorative Intact Documentary LB II 16065 342505 187094 MM 1 2 C 419430 memorial dead of 2 world wars. world wars. Made of fine other memorial Made of fine jointed jointed sandstone ashlar, 4 sandstone ashlar, 4 sided sided with 4 moulded with 4 moulded gables/pediments engraved gables/pediments with a crest: the Red Dragon, engraved with a crest: the the Welch, the Royal Arms,
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance Red Dragon, the Welch, the Welsh Arms. the Royal Arms, the Welsh Arms. Made of fine jointed sandstone ashlar, 4 sided with 4 moulded gables/pediments engraved with a crest: the Red Dragon, the Welch, the Royal Arms, the Welsh Arms. 11496g War Memorial Railings and gates Railings and gates associated Gates Modern Gate Commemorative Intact Structure LB II 87742 323396 191394 MM 2 2 C Gates, Risca associated with war with war memorial 11495g other memorial 11495g erected erected to commemorate those to commemorate those lost during WWI, later altered lost during WWI, later to add names of those killed in altered to add names of WWII. those killed in WWII. 04277m St James's Church, A War Memorial A War Memorial Structure Modern War Commemorative Intact Documentary LB II 21442 319310 186560 MM 1 2 C Rudry churchyard commemorating the dead commemorating the dead of other memorial war memorial of the First and Second the First and Second World World Wars. Located Wars. Located within the within the churchyard of churchyard of St James St James Churchyard Churchyard (702m). (01) (702m). 08364m War Memorial, War Memorial erected in War Memorial erected in 1927 Structure Modern Memorial commemorative Intact Structure LB II 21310 317247 188554 MM 1 2 C Bedwas 1927 to commemorate to commemorate those lost other other those lost from Bedwas from Bedwas and Trethomas and Trethomas during during WWI, with additions WWI, with additions for for those killed in WWII. those killed in WWII. Constructed from marble. Constructed from marble. 08365m War Memorial, War Memorial erected in War Memorial erected in 1927 Structure Modern Memorial commemorative Intact Structure LB II 21378 315712 186998 GG 1 2 C Caerphilly 1927 to commemorate to commemorate those lost other other those lost during WWI, A during WWI, A second plaque second plaque commemorates those killed in commemorates those WWII and a third, those killed killed in WWII and a in Northern Ireland. third, those killed in Constructed from grey granite. Northern Ireland. Constructed from grey granite. 09863g War Memorial, The War Memorial The War Memorial Committee Structure Modern war Commemorative Restored Structure 346874 190563 MM 1 2 C Caerwent Committee decided that decided that Caerwent needed other memorial other Caerwent needed a war a war memorial in November memorial in November 1946. The money was raised 1946. The money was donations from individuals. raised donations from The unveiling by Capt. St. individuals. The John A. Micklethwait took unveiling by Capt. St. place in January 1948. In John A. Micklethwait February 1948 permission was took place in January granted to have a lamp on top 1948. In February 1948 of the memorial. In March permission was granted 1948 railings were put up and to have a lamp on top of the area inside grassed (Taylor the memorial. In March 1998). 1948 railings were put up and the area inside
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance grassed (Taylor 1998). 11039g/ War memorial, Classical tall pedestal war Classical tall pedestal war Structure Modern War Commemorative Intact Documentary LB II 81750 330370 196830 MM 1 2 C 310356 Chapel Lane, memorial unveiled on memorial unveiled on 13th other memorial Croesyceiliog 13th July 1922. Source: July 1922. Source: Cadw list Cadw list description, description, 2003. 2003. 2004.02.02/RCAHMW/SLE 2004.02.02/RCAHMW/S LE 08321m/ Pontywayn School The war memorial was The war memorial was erected Structure Modern War Commemorative Intact; Structure LB II 87741 323973 190271 MM 1 2 C 419551 War Memorial, erected in memory of the in memory of the former male other memorial moved other Commerial St, Risca former male students and students and staff of staff of Pontywaun Pontywaun County School County School who lost who lost their lives in WWI. their lives in WWI. Originally located at the Originally located at the school site, the memorial was school site, the memorial moved to its present location was moved to its present in 2011 (Cadw 2017). location in 2011. 05525s War Memorial, War memorial at The War memorial at The Square, Structure Modern War Commemorative Intact Structure LB II 26506 315320 171290 GG 1 2 C Dinas Powys Square, Dinas Powys. Dinas Powys. A plain, tapered, other memorial other pier of coursed rock-faced stone on a wide plinth of random set stone. Cast metal plates record the names of the dead, surmounted by a metal wreath on the main S elevation. (Vale of Glamorgan County Treasures: Dinas Powys 2007)For full details see the listed building report; 26506. 08061w War memorial, c.1920 war memorial c.1920 war memorial erected Structure Modern War Commemorative Intact Documentary LB II 80993 272270 203960 GG 1 2 C Herbert Street, erected in memory of in memory of those lost in the other memorial Pontardawe those lost in the First First World War. Silver granite World War. Silver granite obelisk on plinth with corner obelisk on plinth with detached shafts, raised on corner detached shafts, large square pedestal with raised on large square plinth. Source: Cadw list pedestal with plinth. description 2003. Source: Cadw list 2004.01.30/RCAHMW/SLE description 2003. 2004.01.30/RCAHMW/S LE 09215g War Memorial, Orb A war memorial to the A war memorial to the Structure Modern War commemorative Moved Documentary 332848 186832 MM 1 2 C Works, Newport employees of the Orb employees of the Orb Works, other memorial Works, Newport and the Newport and the company's company's Wolverhampton Works who Wolverhampton Works were lost during the First and who were lost during the Second World Wars was First and Second World located near to the main works Wars. A square memorial office. A square memorial faced with ashlar stone, faced with ashlar stone, raised raised on plain steps, on plain steps. The monument topped with a moulded is topped with a moulded plinth and cornice. plinth and cornice beneath a blocking course and the west and east sides feature projecting shallow buttresses
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance with moulded tops (Morriss 2008).The memorial has now been moved elsewhere with the works site. 11495g/ Risca War War Memorial erected to Risca war memorial is located Structure Modern War commemorative Intact Structure LB II 87740 323402 191402 MM 1 2 C 419555 Memorial, Risca commemorate those lost in a garden setting behind other memorial other during WWI, later altered gated, cast iron railings on the to add names of those corner of Darren Road and St killed in WWII. Mary’s Street. It is in the form of a tapered, decorated granite obelisk supporting a Celtic cross on a stepped plinth atop a tiered granite base three steps up, set on a concrete slab. An inscription on the front (south-west) face of the plinth commemorates both those who served and those who fell in the First World War (unnamed) with a similar inscription in respect of the Second World War added below it. On the rear wall of the memorial enclosure are two inscribed plaques; one related to the First World War, in memory of those from the Risca collieries and District who left to serve; the second, a slate slab, in memory of deceased veterans of post-war nuclear tests. 11494g War Memorial, War Memorial erected in War Memorial erected in 1927 Structure Modern Memorial Commemorative Intact Structure LB II 87739 314592 193752 GG 1 2 C Ystrad Mynach 1927 to commemorate to commemorate those lost other other those lost during WWI, during WWI, later altered to later altered to add names add names of those killed in of those killed in WWII. WWII. Constructed from Constructed from Portland Stone. Portland Stone. 00957s/ Welsh National war Built 1924-8. Circular Built 1924-8. Circular Structure Modern Memorial Commemorative Intact Documentary LB II* 13742 318130 177060 GG 1 2 C 32845 memorial, Cathays colonnade of Corinthian colonnade of Corinthian other Park, Cardiff columns 3 projecting columns 3 projecting rectangular porticos rectangular porticos interrupted by 3 flights of interrupted by 3 flights of steps leading to circular steps leading to circular fountain basin. fountain basin.The Welsh National War Memorial was erected in Cathays Park in 1928. Designed by Sir Ninian Comper, it is a circular colonnade of unfluted Corinthian columns with 3 projecting rectangular porticos. There is an inscription in English (exterior), and Welsh (interior). At the porticos (gated with iron gates) are 3 short flights of steps leading
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance down to a circular space within which is set a circular fountain basin, in the centre of which, in turn is a three-sided podium. The podium has 3 bronze statutes of servicemen (representing the 3 services) bearing wreaths, topped by a bronze nude winged Archangel Michael, representing victory, and bronze dolphins below. It is a central feature of Alexandra Gardens (Crawford 2014). 01248s Welsh Regimental A Portland stone A Portland stone cenotaph, of Structure Modern Memorial Commemorative Intact Documentary LB II 13828 317890 178330 GG 1 2 C War Memorial, cenotaph, of great great simplicity, stands in a other Maindy, Cardiff simplicity, stands in a grass enclosure. Square in grass enclosure. Square in plan standing on 3 steps. Base plan standing on 3 steps. is of 2 unmoulded rectangular Base is of 2 unmoulded blocks. A Portland stone rectangular blocks. cenotaph-type memorial on a broad stepped plinth and square base. A 3-stage pylon is stepped alternately on the N-S and E-W axes. The N and S faces have English and Welsh inscriptions with roll call of the 1914-18 war in the middle stage, and roll call of the 1939-45 war on the E face, while the upper stage has wreaths carved in high relief against the E and W faces. The lower stage has regimental badges in relief and an added Korean War inscription to the E face. A First World War memorial designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, Principal Architect to the War Graves Commission, and erected in 1924 to commemorate the 1st and 2nd battalions of the Welch Regiment. The design follows Lutyens' Cenotaph at Whitehall, London. (Cadw listing information; Crawford 2014) 00841s Y Twyn (Village Triangular block of land Triangular block of land Earthwork Medieval Enclosure Unassigned Not Documentary 315320 171297 GG 1 2 C Green), Dinas forming the central point forming the central point of known Powys of medieval village. Now medieval village. Now contains war memorial contains war memorial and and trees and is the trees and is the setting for setting for occasional occasional morris dancing. morris dancing. 9464 Aberdulais Baptist Aberdulais Baptist Built in 1851, modified, Scroll or Modern Scroll or Ritual Not Documentary 277190 199350 GG N/A N/A N/A Chapel Chapel was built in 1856, altered or rebuilt 1856, 1863 memorial memorial known modified/rebuilt in 1856 and 1899. Built in a mixed and 1863 and then rebuilt style, gable entry plan. Date
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance in 1899. The 1899 chapel of chapel: 1899. Present was constructed in a status [2002]: unknown. The Mixed style with a gable- chapel may have been entry plan and round- destroyed but is once believed headed windows. to have contained either a RCAHMW, June 2010 memorial scroll or similar 14423 Ainon Baptists, Built in 1896. Present Site shown on OS 25" map Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Documents 320240 176420 GG 2 3 C Cardiff status [2000]: other 1920 as "Capel Ainon". GAW, known (Anion Court – a block of 16/05/2000. The chapel flats). contains a memorial to members of the congregation killed during the First World War. 9272 Albany Road, Albany Road Baptist Site shown on OS 6" map Memorial Modern Scroll and Ritual Not Documents 319430 177890 GG 2 3 C Cardiff Chapel was built in 1898 1900 & named on OS 25" map memorial known by architects Habershon 1920 as "Baptist Chapel". This and Fawckner of site is shown in 1900 in Newport. The Baptist Blenheim Road, but before Chapel (NPRN14262) houses were built and was has now replaced this one presumably known as Albany on an adjacent site. Road, which already RCAHMW, June 2010 established with houses built. The Baptist Chapel. The chapel contains both scroll and tablet memorials 13780 Bethania, Maesteg Bethania Welsh Baptist Bethania Welsh Baptist Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Documents LB II* 18493 285800 190860 GG 2 3 C Chapel was originally Chapel was originally built in known built in 1832 by builder 1832 by Mr Hurley of Mr Hurley of Maesteg. It Maesteg. It was rebuilt in was rebuilt in 1840-1, 1840-1, probably enlarged in probably enlarged in 1859 and rebuilt again in 1859 and rebuilt again in 1898. In 1908 a new chapel 1898. In 1908 a new was built on the same site to chapel was built on the the designs of William Beddoe same site to the designs Rees. The chapel contains a of architect Willia memorial to those killed in the First World War 9041 Bethania, Morriston Bethania Methodist Chapel built 1878 to the Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Structure 266980 198100 GG 2 3 C Chapel was built in 1878 design of John Richards & known other to the design of architects William Williams of Swansea. John Richards and Rebuilt/modified 1888. Built William Williams of in the Romanesque style, Swansea. The chapel was gable entry type. A prominent then rebuilt in 1888, in feature of this Chapel is the the Romanesque style large arch in the facade.Status with a gable-entry plan (2002): unknown. The chapel and a large arch in the contains a memorial to those facade.RCAHMW, May killed during the First World 2010 War 9582 Bethania-Siloh, Siloh Baptist Chapel was Built in the later Vernacular Memorial Modern Scroll Ritual Not Documents 314610 194390 MM 2 3 C Ystrad Mynach built during the early No further information known twentieth century in a recorded. RCCEORBWM of later, Simple Vernacular 1905 displays the no. of style with hints of Arts sittings and value of the and Craft influences,. The buildings jointly with Noddfa chapel is entered through (9580): 820 sittings, œ2500. the side wall of a short L The chapel alledgedly in the long wall of the contains a scroll of honour
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance building. The pulpit is commemmorating members of positi the congregation killed during the First World War. 9097 Bethel Independents, Bethel Independent Chapel first built 1770; Memorial Modern Scroll and Ritual Not Building LB II 11749 262303 192477 GG 2 3 C Sketty Chapel was first built in rebuilt/modified 1842, 1870 & memorial known 1770, rebuilt in 1842 and 1898. Building is listed Grade rebuilt again in 1870. The 2. Status (1993): in chapel use. present chapel, dated RCCEORBWM of 1905 states 1870, was designed by that Bethel has architect Thomas Thomas accommodation for 500 in of Landore and is now associated schools and Grade 2 Listed. mission rooms. The chapel RCAHMW, May 2010 contains both a roll of honour and memorial to members of the congregation killed during the First World War. 8873 Bethel Trecynon Bethel Independent Chapel built 1860 & rebuilt Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Building LB II 10890 299770 203170 GG 2 3 C (Aberdare) Chapel was built in 1860 1913. Building is listed Grade known and remodelled in 1913. 2. Built in the Sub-Classical The later chapel was built style, gable entry type. See in the Sub-Classical style Site Files [Ecclesiastical] for of the gable entry type photos. The front facade is in with a front facade the Edwardian Baroque style constructed in the (1910). The chapel contains a Edwardian Baroque style memorial to members of the and a largely 1860 congregation killed during the interior. Although the First World War. chap 9095 Bethel, Llangyfelach Bethel Methodist Chapel Chapel built 1809; Memorial Modern Scroll and Ritual Not Building 264800 199000 GG 2 3 C was built in 1809, rebuilt rebuilt/modified 1846-7 & memorial known in 1847 and again in 1865 & enlarged 1930. 1865. The present chapel, Building style is Classical, dated 1865, is built in the gable entry type. Status Classical style with a (1996): in chapel use. gable-entry plan, stone Founded 1808, rebuilt 1863, walls, two storeys and enlarged 1930 (GGAT).Stone- round-headed windows. built & rendered gable-end- RCAHMW, May 2010 entry, vestibule stairs. The chapel contains both a Roll of honour and memorial to members of the congregation killed during the First World War. 9173 Bethesda, Barry Bethesda Independent Chapel built 1889/92; Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Building 310880 167620 GG 2 3 C Chapel was built in 1889 rebuilt/modified 1907. Status known and modified in 1907. By (2002): unknown. The chapel 2009 Bethsda had been contains a memorial to demolished.RCAHMW, members of the congregation May 2010 killed during the First World War. 13878 Bethlehem, Treorchy Bethlehem Methodist Built in 1869 and rebuilt 1881 Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Documents LB II 18065 296080 196720 GG 2 3 C Chapel was built in 1869 with modifications during the known (as the Church of 1930's and 50's. Built in the Treorchy) and rebuilt in Romanesque style, gable entry 1881 at a cost of £2000. type. Present status [1999]: Further modifications Chapel contains a memorial to took place during the members of the congregation 1930's and 1950's. The killed during the First World
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance present chapel, dated War. 1881, is built in the Classical style, with two store 9116 Brynteg, Gorseinon Brynteg Independent Chapel built 1897 to replace Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Building 258700 199240 GG 2 3 C Chapel was built in 1897 Brynteg (1). Cost £1738 13s. known to replace the old Brynteg Built in Classical style, gable chapel, which was entry type. Date of chapel: subsequently used as a 1897. . Status (2002): Sunday School and unknown. RCCEORBWM of vestry. The chapel is built 1905 states that the vestry at in the Clasical style with Brynteg was the old chapel. a gable-entry plan and Contains a memorial to round-headed members of the congregation windows.RCAHMW, killed during the First World May 2010 War. 9560 Calfaria, Bargoed Carmel Independent Present status [1998]: disused. Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Building GG N/A N/A N/A Chapel was built in 1867 The chapel is reputed to known in the Simple Round- contain a memorial to Headed style with two members of the congregation storeys. By 1998 the killed during the First World chapel had fallen into War. Exact location unknown disuse.RCAHMW, June as supplied grid reference is 2010 incorrect. 9090 Capel Penuel, Penuel Baptist Chapel Chapel built 1842 & Memorial Modern Scroll and Ritual Not Documents 258140 198050 GG 2 3 C Loughor was first built in 184, rebuilt/modified 1859 and memorial known modified in 1859 and 1864. Built in the Classical rebuilt in 1864. The style, gable entry type. Date of present building, date chapel:1864. Status (2002): 1864, is constructed in unknown. The chapel contains the Classical style with a both Roll of Honour and gable-entry plan. The memorial to members of the ground floor windows are congregation killed during the square-headed and the First World War. upper storey round- headed 14148 Capel Salem, Porth Salem Baptist Chapel Built in 1878/9 (cost £4150) Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Building 302770 191170 GG N/A N/A N/A was built in 1878 in the and demolished in 1990. Built known Classical/Romansque in the Classical style, gable style with two storeys, a entry type. Present status gable entry plan and [2002]: demolished First round headed windows. Salem Chapel seating 450 was Salem was demolished in built in 1854 on the site now 1990 because of occupied by Castle Leisure . structural defects and The fate of the memorial is Castle leisure Ltd now unknown. occupy the site. The congregation 13549 Carmarthen Road Carmarthen Road Built in 1874-6 by T.White, Memorial Modern Scroll and Ritual Not Documents LB II 10881 265500 194330 GG 2 3 C Chapel, Swansea Congregational Chapel J.Williams was the architect memorial known was built in 1876 by (cost £2000 excl. site). Built in architects T White and J the Classical style, gable entry Williams of Swansea. it is type. Present status [2002]: built in the Chapel contains both a Roll of Classical/Romansque Honour and memorial to style with a gable entry members of the congregation plan, two storeys and killed during the First World Round Headed windows. War
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance RCAHMW, January 2012 8906 Carmel, Aberdare Carmel Baptist Chapel Chapel built 1812 & enlarged Memorial Modern Scroll Ritual Not Building LB II 14174 300169 202505 GG N/A N/A N/A was built in 1812, 1832. Rebuilt 1851 & 1863. known enlarged in 1832, rebuilt Status (2002): Demolished. in 1857 and rebuilt again The chapel allegedly in 1863. The 1863 chapel contained a memorial to was built in the Classical members of the congregation style with a gable-entry killed during the First World plan. This closed in 1960, War. The fate of the memorial was destroyed by fire in is unknown 1970 and demolished during the 1 10113 Carmel, Clydach Carmel Independent Probably located near or in Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Building 269081 201516 GG 2 3 C Chapel was built in 1892 NGR SN7000. Built in 1892, known and rebuilt in 1901. The modified, altered or rebuilt later chapel was built in 1901. Built in Romanesque the Romanesque style, style, gable entry plan. Date of with a gable-entry plan chapel:1892. Present status and leaded segmental- [2002]: unknown. The chapel head windows. is supposed to contain a RCAHMW, August 2010. memorial to members of the congregation who were killed during the First World War. 9142 Ebeneser, Gorseinon Ebenezer Independent Chapel built 1887, Memorial Modern Scroll and Ritual Not Documents 259650 198670 GG 2 3 C Chapel was first built in modified/rebuilt 1909. Built in memorial known 1887 and then rebuilt in Gothic (Decorated) style, 1909. The later chapel is gable entry type. Date of built in the Gothic style chapel: 1909. Status (2002): with ornate decorated unknown. The chapel is meant elements and is a gable- to contain both a Roll of entry plan. Honour and memorial to members of the congregation killed during the First World War. 8882 Ebeneser, Trecynon, Ebeneezer Independent Chapel first built 1811; Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Building 299430 203570 GG 2 3 C Aberdare Chapel was first built in rebuilt/modified 1829. known 1811, rebuilt in 1829, was Enlarged 1852 (cost £825) & enlarged/renovated in rebuilt/modified ca.1891 & 1853 and rebuilt in1902. ca.1901. Building style is sub- The present chapel, dated classical, gable entry type. 1902, is built in the Sunday School opened 1880 Classical style of the & closed 1919. Building is gable-entry type, by listed Grade 2. The chapel architects Owen Morris contains both a Roll of Roberts of Portmad Honour and memorial to members of the congregation killed during the First World War. 8861 Ebenezer, Aberavon Ebenezer Baptist Chapel Chapel built 1821; Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Documents LB II 18960 276560 190200 GG 2 3 C was first built in 1821, rebuilt/modified 1836 & again known rebuilt in 1836 and again 1882 to the design of George in 1882, the later to the Morgan of Carmarthen (cost design of the architect £2450). Built in George Morgan of Lombardic/Italian style. Carmarthen. It is Building is listed Grade 2. constructed in the Status(1987): other (civic Lombardic/Italinate style, centre).CADW Reference with a curving porch Exterior - Two-storey gable-e
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance decorated with a scalloped p 9255 Ebenezer, Cardiff Ebenezer Independent Chapel built 1828, enlarged Memorial Modern Scroll and Ritual Not Documentary 318510 176480 GG 2 3 C Chapel was built in 1828, 1839 & rebuilt/modified 1853 memorial known enlarged in 1839 and to the design of Robert George rebuilt in 1853 to the Thomas. Rebuilt/modified design of architect Robert again 1876, 1893/4, 1899 & George Thomas of Menai 1913. Status (2002): unknown. Bridge. The chapel was The chapel is meant to contain rebuilt again in 1876, both a Roll of Honour and 1893, modified in 1899 memorial to members of the and rebuilt for a final congregation who were killed time in 1913 by arch during the First World War. 13713 Ebenezer, Ebenezer Methodist Status (2005): demolished. Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Documents 270420 197260 GG N/A N/A N/A Llansamlet Chapel was built during Now a residential site. The known the mid-nineteenth chapel was meant to contain a century, in the Simple memorial to members of the Round Headed style with congregation killed during the two storeys a gable entry First World War but the fate of plan and tall windows. the memorial remains This chapel was unknown. demolished in 2005 and the site is now residential. RCAHMW, January 2012 8966 Fabian's Bay Fabian's Bay Independent Chapel built 1862 & Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Documents LB II 13590 266440 193220 GG 2 3 C Congregational, Chapel was built in 1862 rebuilt/modified 1872 & 1904. known Swansea and rebuilt in 1875 by Built in the Gothic style, gable architect Thomas Thomas entry type. Status (2000): of Landore. Built in Chapel. The chapel contains a stone, this Gothic style memorial to members of the chapel has a gable-entry congregation killed during the plan and leaded windows. First World War. RCAHMW, May 2010 13742 Glyncorrwg United Free Methodist A chapel built in 1913. Built Memorial Modern Scroll and Ritual Not Building 287720 199120 GG 2 3 C Methodist Chapel Chapel was built in 1913, in Gothic style with Art memorial known by architect T Gibb of Nouveau elements to the Port Talbot, in the Gothic glazing, gable entry type. Date style of the gable entry of chapel: 1913. The chapel type. The facade is contains both a Roll of dominated by a large Honour and memorial to Decorated style window members of the congregation with stone tracery and killed during the First World leaded glass windows War. bearing Art Nouveau style. 9441 Gnoll Road Chapel, Gnoll Road Independent Built in 1849, modified, Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Building 275457 197662 GG N/A N/A N/A Neath Chapel was built in 1849, altered or rebuilt c.1871, 1886, known rebuilt in 1886 (by architect D.M.Davies of Neath architect D.M.Davies of and builders Thomas & Cox of Neath) and rebuilt again Neath, and 1899. Possibly in 1899. RCAHMW, June related to NPRN 11783? 2010 Present status [2002]: Destroyed. The chapel was meant to contain a memorial to members of the congregation who were killed during the First World War. The fate of the memorial is
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance unknown. 10115 Hebron, Clydach Hebron Independent Probably located near or in Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Building 268803 201074 GG 2 3 C Chapel was built in 1821, NGR SN6901? Built in 1821, known rebuilt in 1848 and rebuilt modified, altered or rebuilt again in 1881. The 1848 and 1881. Built in the present chapel, dated Simple Gothic style, gable 1881, was designed by entry type. A prominent architect Thomas Thomas feature of this Chapel is the of Landore and built in flanking turrets. Date of the Simple Gothic style chapel:1881.Present status with a gable-entry plan [2002]: The chapel is meant to and flanking turrets. contain a memorial to members of the congregation killed during the First World War. 9467 Hermon, Cilfrew Hermon Methodist Built in 1881/2. Built in the Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Building 277090 200290 GG 2 3 C Chapel was built in 1881 Sub-Classical style, gable known in the Sub-Classical style entry type. Date of with a gable entry type chapel:1881. Present status plan. RCAHMW, June [2002]: unknown. The chapel 2010 is meant to contain a memorial to members of the congregation killed during the First World War. 10314 Jerusalem, Ton Jerusalem Methodist Built in 1867?, modified, Memorial Modern Scroll and Ritual Not Building 297100 195380 GG 2 3 C Pentre Chapel was built in 1867 altered or rebuilt 1881, memorial known and rebuilt in 1880, to the architect Rev. W. Jones (cost design of architect £2700). Built in the Classical William Jones of Ton style, gable entry type. Present pentre. The later chapel is status [1998]: disused. The built in the Classical style chapel is meant to contain with a gable-entry plan both a Roll of Honour and and two storeys. By 1994 memorial to members of the this chapel had fallen into congregation killed during the disuse. First World War. 9456 London Rd The London Road Built in 1869. Present status Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Building 275360 197321 GG 2 3 C Methodists, Neath Methodist Chapel was [2002]: unknown. The chapel known built in 1869. RCAHMW, is menat to contain a memorial June 2010 to members of the congregation killed during the First World War. 9259 Minny Street, Minny Street Independent Chapel built 1884 & Memorial Modern Scroll and Ritual Not Building LB II 14098 318260 177870 GG 2 3 C Cardiff Chapel was built in 1887 rebuilt/modified 1887 to the memorial known to the design of architect design of J P Jones. Rebuilt J P Jones and then 1904. Status (2002): unknown. extended in 1904. This Inscriptions. large chapel is built in the (1) Over the doorway: Classical style with a Addoldy yr Annibynwyr pedimented gable-end Minny Street/ Adeiladwyd entrance front in Fanny 1887/Helaethwyd 1904/ Street and long elevation Adgyweiriwyd 1927 of eight bays (2) The chapel is meant to contain both a Roll of Honour and memorial to members of the congregation killed during the First World War. 9096 Moriah, Ynystawe Moriah Baptist Chapel Built 1892, in the Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Documents 268290 200290 GG 2 3 C
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance was built in 1892 in the Romanesque style, gable entry known Romanesque style with a plan. The chapel contains a gable entry plan, stone memorial to members of the walls and round-headed congregation killed during the windows.RCAHMW, First World War. May 2010 9011 Mount Calvary, Mount Calvary Baptist Chapel built 1884; Memorial Modern Scroll and Ritual Not Documents 265090 195230 GG 2 3 C Manselton Chapel was built in 1884 rebuilt/modified 1903/5 & memorial known and rebuilt in 1909 to the again 1909-10 to the design of design of architect W. Beddoe Rees of Cardiff. William Beddoe Rees of Building style is Gothic, gable Cardiff. The chapel is entry type with flanking built in the Art turrets. Building is listed Nouveau/Late Gothic Grade 2. Status (1996): in style with a gable-entry chapel use. The chapel plan and flanking contains both a Rollof Honour polygonal turrets. Mount and memorial to members of Calvary is the congregation killed during the First World War. 9013 Mount Pleasant, Mount Pleasant Baptist Chapel built 1825/6; Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Documents 265430 193170 GG 2 3 C Swansea Chapel was built 1825 Rebuilt/enlarged 1874/6 to the known and enlarged in 1876 to design of George Morgan of the design of architect Carmarthen. Further George Morgan of modifications & additions Carmarthen. Further 1885 & 1904 & 1904-5. modifications included Building style is Classical, the addition of a lecture gable entry type. Building is hall in 1885 and listed Grade 2*. Status (1996): classrooms in 1905. in chapel use. 9144 Mynyddbach Mynydd-Bach Cause began 1680s & first Memorial Modern Scroll and Ritual Not Documents 264880 197880 GG 2 3 C Treboeth Independent Chapel was chapel built 1762 & enlarged memorial known first built in 1762 and 1797. Rebuilt 1865/6 in enlarged in 1797. The Classical style, gable entry chapel was rebuilt in type, to the design of John 1865, in the Classical Humphreys of Treforest, style of the gable-entry builder J.James, modified type, to the design of again 1930.Date of chapel: architect John 1865.. Status (1990): in chapel Humphreys of Treforest. use. The chapel contains both The front elevation has a a Roll of Honour and hipped porch with memorial to members of the congregation killed during the First World War. 9468 Noddfa, Tonna Seion Methodist Chapel Built in 1839/40, modified, Memorial Modern Scroll and Ritual Not Documents 277390 199650 GG 2 3 C was built in 1839 and altered or rebuilt 1860. Built memorial known rebuilt in 1860 in the in the Simple Round-Headed Simple Round-Headed style, gable entry type. Date of style with a gable-entry chapel: 1860. Present status plan. RCAHMW, June [2002]: unknown. The chapel 2010 is meant to contain both a Roll of Honour and memorial to members of the congregation killed during the First World War. 9449 Orchard Place Orchard Place Baptist Built in 1839, modified, Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Documents 275408 197604 GG N/A N/A N/A Baptist, Neath Chapel was built in 1842, rebuilt 1872 (built in known heavily modified in 1872 Melincrythan stone) and 1903 and extended in 1903. (addition of 14 classrooms and
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance The 1872 chapel was an organ); most probably stone built in the called Orchard Road not Romanesque style with a Place. Built in Romanesque gable-entry plan and style, gable entry plan. Date of round-headed windows. chapel: 1872?. Present status RCAHMW, June 2010 [2002]: Possibly destroyed. The chapel was meant to contain a memorial to members of the congregation killed during the First World War. The fate of the memorial is unknown. 9339 Pembroke Terrace, Pembroke Terrace Chapel built 1877/8 in Gothic Memorial Modern Scroll and Ritual Not Documents 318730 176370 GG 2 3 C Cardiff Methodist Chapel was style, long-wall entry type, to memorial known built in 1877 in the the design of Henry C. Harris Gothic style, with a long- of Cardiff (Cost £5000). wall entry plan and Rebuilt/modified ca. 1904. A flanking turrets, to the prominent feature of this design of architect Henry Chapel is the flanking turrets. Cornelius Harris of Building is listed Grade 2. In Cardiff at a cost of chapel use 1975. Now a bar £5000. The chapel was and restaurant. The chapel modified in 1903/4. contained both a Roll of Pembroke Terrace Honour and memorial to members of the congregation killed during the First World War. The fate of these memorials is unknown. 9056 Salem, Capel y Salem Methodist Chapel First chapel built 1782-3 & Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Building LB II 21573 267760 195720 GG 2 3 C Cwm, Llansamlet / was first built in 1782, rebuilt/modified 1823 & known Bonymaen modified in 1823 and 1831/2. Rebuilt/modified again in 1832. The chapel again ca. 1870 to the design of was then rebuilt in 1870 John Humphreys of Treforest. to the design of architect Further John Humphreys of rebuilding/modification 1880 Treforest, further & again 1905 to the design of modified in1880 and a W W Williams & W. David of chapel house added in Swansea. Chapel contains a 1898. Salem was rebuilt memorial to members of the for congregation killed during the First World War. 9863 Saron, Penycae, Port Saron Methodist Chapel Built in 1867. Built in the Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Building LB II 13367 277270 190360 GG 2 3 C Talbot was built in 1867 in the Sub-Classical style, gable known Sub-Classical style of the entry type. Present status gable-entry type. [2002]: unknown. The chapel RCAHMW, July 2010 is meant to contain a memorial to members of the congregation killed during the First World War. 9290 Splott Road Baptist Splott Road Baptist Sunday School built 1884 & Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Building 320030 176770 GG 2 3 C Sunday School was built chapel built 1895, architects known in 1884 and the Chapel in Habershon & Fawckner of 1895, by architects Cardiff and builders E.Turner Habershon and Fawckner & Sons also of Cardiff, of Cardiff and builders modified, altered or rebuilt E.Turner & Sons also of 1903, builder Mr Latty of Cardiff. The chapel was Cardiff. Status (2002): modified in 1903. unknown. The chapel is meant to contain a memorial to
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance members of the congregation killed during the First World War. The chapel is closed, the fate of the memorial is unknown. 9177 Tabernacl Barry Tabernacle Independent First chapel built c.1890 as Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Documents 312010 168210 GG 2 3 C Chapel was first built in temporary corrugated-iron known 1894 as a temporary structure. Rebuilt 1894 in sub- corrugated-iron structure. classical style, gable entry This was rebuilt in 1894. type, to the design of Seward & Thomas, modified, altered or rebuilt 1914. Status (1998): in chapel use. The chapel contains a memorial to members of the congregation killed during the First World War. 9513 Tabernacl Cwmavon Tabernacle Methodist Built in 1854, architect Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Documents 277897 192265 GG 2 3 C Chapel was first built in E.Harris of Merthyr and known 1854 by the architect E. builder D.Davies of Port Harris of Merthyr and Talbot, modified, altered or builder D. Davies of Port rebuilt 1873. Built in the Sub- Talbot. The chapel was Classical style, gable entry then rebuilt in 1873. type. A prominent feature of this Chapel is the large arch in the façade.date of chapel:1873. The chapel is meant to contain a memorial to members of the congregation killed during the First World War. 13484 Tabernacl Tabernacle Chapel, No further information Memorial Modern Scroll and Ritual Not Building LB II 11674 266760 199210 GG 2 3 C Cwmrhydyceirw Cwmrhydyceirw Road, recorded. Chapel is extant and memorial known Swansea meant to contain both a Roll of Honour and memorial to members of the congregation killed during the First World War 9131 Tabernacl Tabernacle Baptist Chapel built 1871 & rebuilt Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Building LB II 15270 258910 203760 GG 2 3 C Pontarddulais Chapel was first built in 1901. Built in simple round- known 1871 and the rebuilt in headed style, gable entry type. 1901. The later chapel is Date of chapel:1901. Status built in the Simple (2002): unknown. Round-Headed style with RCCEORBWM of 1905 states a gable-entry plan and Y- that Tabernacle has glazing in the windows. accommodation for 220 at RCAHMW, May 2010 associated schools and mission rooms. The chapel contains a memorial to members of the congregation killed during the First World War. 9400 Tonyfelin, Tonyfelin Baptist Chapel Chapel founded in 1784, built Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Documents 315850 187320 GG 2 3 C Caerphilly was founded in 1784, 1800 & rebuilt/modified 1820 known with the first chapel built and 1866. Built in the in 1800. This was rebuilt Classical style, gable entry in 1820, and again in type. Status (2002): unknown. 1866. The present The chapel is meant to contain
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance building, which appears a memorial to members of the to date from the 1866. congregation killed during the First World War. 9084 Waunwen Tabernacl Waunwen Methodist Probably located near or in Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Building N/A N/A N/A Chapel was built in NGR SS6595? Chapel built known 1890.RCAHMW, May 1890. Status (2002): unknown. 2010 The chapel was meant to contain a memorial to members of the congregation killed during the First World War. The fate of both the chapel and memorial is unknown. 14284 Windsor Place, Windsor Place Built by W. Beddoe Rees (cost Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Documents LB II 20749 318660 176700 GG N/A N/A N/A Cardiff (United Congregational Chapel £5000). Present status [1997]: known Reform) was built during the late demolished. The chapel was nineteenth century by meant to contain a memorial architect William Beddoe to members of the Rees of Cardiff. congregation killed during the First World War. The fate of the memorial remains unknown. 9025 York Place, Swansea York Place Baptist Chapel built 1830/1; Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Building 265800 192800 GG 2 3 C Chapel was built in 1830, rebuilt/modified 1866 & again known modified in 1866 and 1885. Building style is again in 1885. The Classical, short-wall entry present chapel, dated type. Building is listed Grade 1830, is built in the Late 2. Status (1995): in chapel use. Classical style. Ca 1830, rendered walls, 2- storey, short-wall-entry square plan with fully hipped roof. The chapel is meant to contain a memorial to members of the congregation killed during the First World War. 9447 Zoar, Neath Zoar Independent Chapel Built in 1828. Built in the Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Documentary 275100 197650 GG N/A N/A N/A was built in 1828 in the Simple Round-Headed style, known Simple Round-Headed long-wall entry type. See Site style of the long-wall Files [Ecclesiastical] for entry type. In 1980 the photos. Present status [1998]: chapel was converted for demolished commercial use but by 1998 Zoar had been demolished .RCAHMW, June 2010 10491 Horeb, Blaenavon Horeb Baptist Chapel Built in 1807, modified, Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Documentary 325180 208800 MM 2 3 C was built in 1823 and altered or rebuilt 1836, 1862 known rebuilt in 1862. The later (cost £1300) and 1867. Built chapel was built in the in the Sub-Classical style, Sub-Classical style of the gable entry type, painted gable-entry type, to the rendered stone with a slate design of architect roof.. Status (1995): chapel. Thomas Thomas of The chapel is meant to contain Landore. RCAHMW, a memorial to members of the September 2010 congregation killed during the First World War. 10486 Lion Street, Lion Street Independent Built in 1867 (cost £1000). Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Documentary 325250 208990 MM N/A N/A N/A Blaenavon Chapel was built in 1867 Present status [2002]: known
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance to the design of architect demolished. Now Thomas Thomas of demolished. The chapel was Landore. This chapel was meant to contain a memorial demolished in to members of the 1987.RCAHMW, congregation killed during the September 2010 First World War. The fate of the memorial is unknown. 13213 Llanthewy Road Llanthewey Road Baptist Built in 1912 by the architects Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Documentary 330270 187810 MM 2 3 C Chapel, Newport Chapel was built in 1912 Habershon & Fawckner. known by the architects Closed in 1996. Present status Habershon & Fawckner [1999]: disused. The chapel is of Newport, after the meant to contain a memorial Sunday school in 1904. to members of the This chapel is built in the congregation killed during the Gothic style with a gable First World War. entry plan and integral tower. The chapel closed in 1996. 10524 Mynydd Seion, Mynydd Seion Built in 1835, modified, Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Documentary 331150 187740 MM 2 3 C Newport Independent Chapel was altered or rebuilt 1842, 1862 known built in 1835, modified in and 1873. Built in the Sub- 1842 and 1862 and then Classical style, gable entry rebuilt in 1873. The type. Present status [1996]: present chapel, dated Chapel. The chapel is meant to 1873, is built in the Sub- contain a memorial to Classical style of the members of the congregation gable-entry type. killed during the First World RCAHMW, September War. 2010 12937 Noddfa Abersychan Noddfa Baptist Chapel Built in 1846, enlarged in Memorial Modern Scroll and Ritual Not Documentary 326270 203550 MM 2 3 C was built in 1846, 1848 and rebuilt 1880. Present memorial known enlarged in 1848 and status [2000]: unknown. The rebuilt 1880. The present chapel is meant to contain chapel, dated 1880, is both a Roll of Honour and a built in the Simple memorial to members of the Round-Headed style with congregation killed during the a gable entry plan, two First World War. storeys and tall fan headed windows. RCAHMW, August 2011 10499 Park Street, Park Street Methodist Built in 1885 in the Memorial Modern Scroll and Ritual Not Documentary 325110 208890 MM 2 3 C Blaenavon Chapel was built in 1885 Romanesque style, gable entry memorial known to the design of architect type (cost £1550). Prominent John Wills of Derby. The features of this Chapel are the chapel is built in the large arch in the façade, the Romanesque/Lombardic integral tower and wheel style with a gable-entry window. Grey-green Pennant plan, a large arch in the stone. Present status [1996]: facade, integral tower and Chapel. The chapel is meant to wheel window. contain both a Roll of Honour RCAHMW, September and memorial to members of the congregation killed during the First World War. 10724 Pontrhydyrun Pontrhydrun Baptist Built in 1836. Built in the Memorial Modern Memorial Ritual Not Documentary 330360 196840 MM 2 3 C Baptists Chapel was built in 1836 Classical style, gable entry known and modified in 1889. type. The origins of the cause The 1836 chapel was date back to 1802 when built in the Classical style George Conway established
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance with a gable-entry plan, his tinplate works at two storeys and small Pontnewydd. The chapel is pane round-headed meant to contain a memorial windows. to members of the congregation killed during the First World War. 13195 St Julian's St Julian's Methodist Built 1902. No further Memorial Modern Memorial RitualITUAL Not Documentary 332150 189290 MM 2 3 C Methodist, Newport Chapel was brick built in information recorded. The known 1902 the Gothic style of chapel is meant to contain a the gable entry type. This memorial to members of the chapel was modernised in congregation killed during the 1992.RCAHMW, First World War. September 2011 NL01 War Memorial Park, The War Memorial Park The War Memorial Park was Park Modern War Park Intact Documentary 311635 207716 GG 1 2 C Rhymney, Tredegar was opened on 9th May officially opened on 9th. May memorial 1925. 1925. Within the confines of this area the bowling green and tennis courts were laid out. The ceremony was preceded by a procession through the main streets of the town. Headed by the Rhymney Brass Band, they were followed by representatives of all the public bodies, the Fire Brigade, St. John Ambulance, Scouts, Girl Guides and the Church Lads' Brigade. Later in the day, the people sat in the Park enjoying selections from the Band and watching the various sporting events that had been arranged for the occasion. ("Echoes of Rhymney" - E. E. Edwards)
A present day reminder of this time is an iron-framed wooden bench situated on the perimeter of the bowling green which bears the inscription "Presented by Members of the Rhymney Workmen's Club and Institute. Collected by Mr. Tom Neades. September 1925" 301664 Ynysangharad War War memorial Park in Ynysangharad Park has its Park Modern War Park Intact Documentary Listed II PGW 307516 190015 GG 2 2 B Memorial Park, Pontypridd. origins in the estate grounds of memorial Park (Gm)3 Pontypridd Ynysangharad House, the and (RCT) nineteenth-century home of Garden the resident director of the Brown Lenox Chainworks, Gordon Lenox. The formation of Pontypridd Cricket Club in 1870 and the provision of a good-quality wicket on the Ynysangharad fields in 1873 has given the site a long
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance association with sport in the town. In later years, the sporting facilities of Ynysangharad Park were home to Pontypridd Football Club (The Dragons) and Pontypridd Rugby Football Club and continues to be the home ground of the cricket club. In the summer of 1926, the cricket ground hosted First-Class County Cricket for the first time (the first ground outside of Cardiff and Swansea to do so in Wales).
In the early years of the twentieth century, Pontypridd Urban District Council endeavoured to purchase part of the Ynysangharad Fields in order to lay out a large municipal park. The original plans, dated 1909, identify sporting activity as the major purpose of this new park and the traditional Victorian features such as a bandstand and well-planted promenades and pathways kept to a minimum. With the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, these plans were put on hold and negotiations with the Llanover Estate (which owned much of the land) halted.
After the war ended in 1918, councillors turned their attention once again to the provision of a public park on the Ynysangharad site. They were not alone. A committee had been formed by local townspeople to raise public funds for laying out the park as the town's war memorial. These two schemes continued in tandem until the creation of the Miners' Welfare Fund in 1920 (as per the Mining Industry Act of that year). The Miners' Welfare Fund provided large sums of money to the council thereby permitting the purchase and layout of the park and, through the influence of the memorial committee, its designation as
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance the town's war memorial.
The park was officially opened in the summer of 1923 by Viscount Allenby, the commander of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. At the time of opening the park included several of the features that survive today: the tennis courts and cricket ground, football field, bandstand and ornamental features such as flowerbeds and the sunken garden. Over the course of the next few years, golf links were added (on the suggestion of D. L. Davies, the chair of the parks committee and later local MP) and the lido and paddling pool. The lido (NPRN: 415104) itself opened in 1927 largely through assistance from the Miners' Welfare Fund. NL03 Llandough and War memorial Hall The hall was originally built to Building Modern Hall Building Altered Documentary 316788 173126 GG 1 2 C Leckwith War commemorate casualties from Memorial Institute WW1. There are two brass plaques inside on the back wall which commemorate both WW1 & WW2. The hall is administered by the local Community Council and used by a variety of local organisations. NL04 Memorial Hall The Barry Memorial Hall Hall instituted in November Hall Modern Hall Building Intact Documentary 311393 167999 GG 1 2 C Theatre, Barry or Memorial Hall & 1932 as a memorial to those Theatre, popularly known who lost their lives in the First as The Memo, is a World War. Located close to prominent venue in the official Barry war Barry, Vale of memorial (05181s) and former Glamorgan, currently the Barry Drill Hall (05131s) "largest multi-arts venue in the Vale of Glamorgan, and only cinema exhibitor in Barry".[1] It is situated in the Gladstone neighbourhood on Gladstone Road, off Holton Road. It was inaugurated in November 1932, and obtained its name in remembrance of those locals who lost their lives in World War I NL05 Pendoylan War War memorial hall A village hall built in the Hall Modern Hall Building Intact Documentary 305609 177308 GG 1 2 B Memorial Hall, 1930s as a memorial to those
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance Cowbridge lost during the First World War. Rectangular plan with corrugated iron cladding. Possibly a wartime building. NL06 St Arvans Village War memorial hall Stone built hall finished in Hall Modern Hall Building Altered Documentary 351903 196495 MM 1 2 C Hall 1924. Rectangular in plan. Opened in 1924 and built by public donations in memory of those who served in WWI on land donated by Mrs. Hastings Clay on the edge of St. Arvans Village. It was later extended to its current size and is well used by the local community. It is managed and kept in good condition by St. Arvans Community Council. NL07 St Gabriels Church War memorial Hall Rectangular brick built hall Hall Modern Hall Building Intact Documentary 329103 194916 MM 1 2 C Hall Cwmbran with brick buttresses. Porch entrance in south gable end. Undated stone plaque above porch bearing inscription St Gabriels Memorial Hall. NL08 Trehafod Memorial War memorial Hall Art deco style hall built in Hall Modern Hall Building Derelict Documentary 304602 190922 GG 1 3 C Hall and Institute, Portland Stone and brick. Trefafod RCT Wrought iron gates constructed in 1934. NL09 Usk Memorial Hall, War memorial hall Brick built hall, rectangular in Hall Modern Hall Building Altered Documentary 337781 200448 MM 1 2 C Usk plan with brick buttresses, later extension to north west. NL10 Memorial Green, Park Village green maintained as a Park Modern Park Park Intact Documentary 352617 204109 MM 1 2 C Llandogo, memorial and containing the Monmouthshire actual village war memorial. NL11 Pontmorlais Memorial park Small area of park containing Park Modern Park Park Damaged Documentary 305036 206633 GG 2 2 C memorial park, Pontmorlais War Memorial Merthyr Tydfil NL12 Llanover Memorial Memorial hamlet The stone is white marble and Buildings Modern Memorial Buildings Intact Documentary 331146 208104 MM 3 3 B Hamlet, Llanover, has lettering engraving into it, Monmouthshire coloured in black with capital letters picked out in red (denoted below as bold). The words ‘Gwell Angau Na Gwarth’ (Death before Disgrace) flank a Welsh dragon, symbol of the South Wales Borderers (now part of the Royal Regiment of Wales) with whom most of the volunteers served. NL13 St Cadocs Church, Liche gate The structure is built of Gate Modern Lych gate Building Intact Documentary, LB II 26117 333914 190591 MM 1 2 C Caerleon memorial snecked limestone ashlar with site visit Lych Gate a stone slate roof, wrought iron gates and railings. The gateway is a flattened arch with strip buttresses to the piers on both outer and inner faces. Gabled roof with bell- cast and central pole finial.
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance This is flanked by dwarf stone walls capped by spike railings and terminates with panelled piers with stepped cornice and finial. Included as an attractive lych-gate designed by W.D Caroe, which is a memorial to WWI and has strong group value with the surrounding historic buildings in Caerleon centre. NL14 Machen War War memorial Unveiled by Lord Tredegar in Memorial Modern Memorial Commemorative Intact Documentary 321303 189180 MM 1 1 C Memorial, Machen, February 1921. Consists of an Caerphilly inscribed Celtic cross set in a curved brick enclosure. NL15 Oakdale war War memorial Originally this was a stone Memorial Modern Memorial Commemorative Re-placed Documentary 318622 198407 MM 1 2 C memorial, Oakdale cross but was replaced in the 1990s with a stone pillar to which the memorial plaques could be attached. Previously, they had been affixed to gateposts in the village's recreation ground. NL16 Troedrhiwfuwch. War memorial Memorial to men from a Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary 313039 204531 GG 1 2 C War memorial village that no longer exists. Consists of an inscribed Celtic cross contained within a curved stone wall enclosure with iron railings. NL17 Llangennith War War memorial Celtic cross set into the wall of Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary 242898 191455 GG 1 2 C Memorial, the churchyard close to the Llangennith, Gower village green. NL18 Loughor war War memorial Polished granite column set Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary LB II 26850 257150 198227 GG 1 2 C memorial, Loughor within a roundabout, with a glass globe on top, probably illuminated originally. Built around 1925. NL19 St Peters Church, War memorial Ornate carving above the Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary 272271 204137 GG 1 2 C Pontardawe church doors listing the names memorial carving of the dead. Contains the same names as the town's war memorial but is restricted to First World War casualties NL20 Pontardawe war War memorial Obelisk type monument with Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary 272272 203971 GG 1 2 C memorial, inscribed bronze plaques. Pontardawe, Swansea 419689 Pontardulais war War memorial A five stepped base Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary LB II 81147 258931 203843 GG 1 2 C memorial, surmounted by a pedestal with Pontardulais a figure of victory holding upright a large cross in the left hand and a laurel wreath in the right hand. There are scattered implements of war at the foot of the cross. The inscription is in black lettering on the 6 o'clock, and 3 o'clock face of the pedestal.
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance NL21 Ystalyfera war War memorial Possibly a plaque contained Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Unknown Documentary 276795 208915 GG 1 2 C memorial, within the former British Ystalyfera Legion club. This monument has been moved due to vandalism NL22 Gwaen cae Gurwen War memorial Standing stone located within Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary 270168 212115 GG 1 2 C war memorial, a circular stone area. Possibly Gwaun Cae Gurwen a modern memorial. NL23 Glamorgan War memorial This memorial was once Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Moved Documentary 291496 178822 GG 1 2 C Constabulary located in Canton but was Memorial, moved some years ago. Cowbridge Road, Bridgened NL24 Wenvoe War War memorial Rough hewn monolith on an Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary 312219 172770 GG 1 2 C memorial, Wenvoe, equally rough hewn base Vale of Glamorgan carrying names on a stone platform surrounded by railings. 420067 St Brides Major war War memorial Portland stone obelisk Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Damaged Documentary 289419 174627 GG 1 2 C memorial, St Brides inscribed with the names of Major the dead. NL25 St Nicholas War War memorial Ornate carved celtic cross with Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary 309050 174324 GG 1 2 C memorial, St bronze plaque at base. Nicholas, Vale of Glamorgan 419571 St Athan War War memorial Broad pillar capped by an orb. Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary LB II 83126 301763 167575 GG 1 2 C memorial, St Athan, On three stepped base Vale of Glamorgan surrounded by railings. Names within oval recess flanked by pilasters. NL26 Llantwit Major war War memorial Carved Celtic cross sited Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary LB II 13278 296705 168747 GG 1 2 C memorial, Llantwit within a rectangular enclosure Major, Vale of with railings. Inscribed Glamorgan plaques at base. NL27 St Helen Church war War memorial The War Memorial in the form Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Refurbish Documentary 312157 168455 GG 1 2 C memorial, Barry, of a calvary is located in front ed Vale of Glamorgan of St Helen's presbytery on the corner of Wyndham Street and Court Road. The dedication on the face in view is to the men of the parish who sacrificed their lives in the Great War (1914-1918). NL28 Memorial Organ, Church organ A new organ was unveiled by Instrumant Modern Organ Structure other Intact Documentary 316845 208851 MM 1 2 C Christs Church commissioned as a Frederick Mills, Manager of Ebbw Vale, Ebbw memorial the Ebbw Vale Company Vale at Christ Church, Ebbw Vale on 25 April 1923 and dedicated by Dr. Green to the men of the congregation who lost their lives during the First World War. The organ installed in 1923 has since been replaced; however the pipework remaining within the church is believed to belong to the 1923 installation. NL29 Rhoose Memorial Church organ A memorial organ Instrument Modern Organ Structure other Refurbish Documentary 316595 176403 GG 1 2 C
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance organ, St Curigs commissioned as a commissioned during the First ed Church, Porthkerry, memorial World War, possibly as a Rhoose, Vale of memorial. During restoration Glamorgan of the organ in 2015, a wood panel bearing what appears to be a Royal Flying Corps roundel was discovered as part of the fabric of the instrument. There is come debate as to whether the panel came from an aircraft and whether the organ is a memorial organ. NL30 Soar Methodist No details known Memorial Organ, believed to Instrument Modern Organ Structure other Unknown Documentary 318629 171904 GG 1 2 C Chapel memorial be lost commemorating ww1 organ, Albert Road, casualties. Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan NL31 St Johns Church Memorial organ, No No details known IWM Instrument Modern Organ Structure other Intact Documentary 316594 176401 GG 1 2 C Canton, Cardiff, details known Memorials Database - War Memorial Organ Memorials Register NL32 Wood Street Memorial organ. The No details known IWM Instrument Modern Organ Structure other Destroyed Documentary 318215 176060 GG N/A N/A N/A Congregational church is no longer Memorials Database Church, Wood standing, the fate of the Street, Cardiff, organ remains un known memorial organ NL33 Rodney Parade Memorial gates to the Pair of wrought iron gates Gates Modern Gates Structure other Intact Documentary 331416 188322 MM 2 2 C Memorial Gates, Rodney Parade football flanked by two column like Rodney Parade, ground built after the gate posts forming the original Newport First World War. main gate into the Rodney Parade sports ground. The flanking columns contain the names of the dead associated with the sports teams that used the grounds. NL34 Neath Memorial Memorial gates Imposing memorial gates by Gates Modern Gates Structure other Unknown Documentary LB II 11784 275898 197092 GG 1 2 Gates, Neath Edwin Lutyens, completed around 1921. White marble with stone plinths NL35 Risca Grammar Carved Celtic cross war Carved Celtic cross located Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary 323747 190484 MM 2 2 C School war memorial within a modern school memorial building playground. Set on a tapering plinth. Formerly associated with Risca Grammar school, possibly moved as the current school buildings are new. NL36 Llangibby war War memorial War memorial plaque within Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary 337393 196674 MM 1 2 C memorial, the village hall. Llangibby, Monmouthshire NL37 Portskewitt war War memorial Obelisk type war memorial at Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary 349934 188156 MM 1 2 C memorial, the north east corner of Portskewitt, Portskewett churchyard. Monmouthshire NL38 St Brides village war War memorial Stone tablet with raised edge, Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary 329416 182192 MM 1 2 C memorial, St Brides, curved top, encompassing Monmouthshire wreath and scrolls, above a
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance capped and footed panel with dedication & names in incised black lettering. NL39 St James Church War memorial plaque Bronze plaque held within a Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary 318277 176417 GG 1 3 C memorial plaque , disused church. At risk due to Newport Road, the abandoned nature of the Cardiff, building. NL40 Old Cwmbran Clock War memorial clock Memorial clock unveiled in Clock Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary 329356 194775 MM 1 2 C Tower, Cwmbran - February 1936 close to the memorial clock junction of Victoria Road and Ventnor Street. NL41 Memorial operating Operating theatre Memorial plaque Memorial Modern Structure Structure other Unknown Documentary 319330 176873 GG 2 4 C theatre, Cardiff commemorating the Royal Infirmary, construction of an operating Cardiff, theatre at Cardiff Royal Infirmary in memory of 2nd Lt Seager.. The Cardiff Royal infirmary is now shut as a hospital and the fate of the memorial is currently unknown. NL42 Morriston War War memorial Bronze statue of female figure Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary LB II 11743 266452 198354 GG 1 2 C memorial, Swansea (probably 'Peace') with winged head-dress holding orb on high classicising granite plinth. Inscriptions to front and rear in Welsh and English, and to sides, names of those lost in World Wars. 309868 Abertillery war War memorial Bronze figure of soldier Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary LB II 22505 321976 203748 GG 1 2 C memorial waving his tin hat in the air (see similar figure at Ebbw Vale of 1924) set on tall two- stage pedestal of grey granite. Pedestal stands on three steps, each tread convex to centre. Bronze plaques to sides of upper stage of pedestal containing several names of the dead under each regiment; added plaques below of those killed in the 1939-45 war. S side has laurel wreath to upper stage of pedestal, set in recessed panel with inset lettering above: ‘Their names liveth for ever more’ and below ‘To the glorious memory of the men of Abertillery who fell in the Great War 1914-1918. Greater love hath no man than this that a man lays down his life for his friends (John 15 XIII)’. On W side is bronze plaque: ‘This memorial was unveiled by Field Marshall the Viscount Allenby on the 1st day of
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance December in the year of our Lord 1926’. Below is plaque referring to the added World War II inscriptions, unveiled 7th November 1954 by Lord Raglan.
Wedge-shaped enclosure is surrounded by railings to W, E and S sides, with terrace abutting to N. Low plain iron rails set in moulded grey granite copings on low squared rock-faced stone walls. Paired strengthening rails, containing simple trophy motif rising to urn-type finials. Paired entrance gates to narrow S end. Rails and walls continue S for some five metres beyond the gates, acting as retaining wall for higher level of Queen Street. NL43 Christchurch War War memorial Granite plinth of three steps Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Site visit 334645 189307 MM 1 2 C memorial, Newport, topped by a tall cross. Panels on the sides of the plinth contain the names of those killed in the Great War as well as the Second World War. NL44 Rumney Memorial Memorial Hall Rumney Memorial Hall is Hall Modern Hall Building Intact Documentary 321770 179026 GG 1 2 C Hall, Wentloog owned by the residents of Road, Rumney Rumney, Cardiff. It was built by donations of the local residents to commemorate the fallen in the Great War. It is used for a number of community activities. 419558 Aberbargoed War memorial An asymmetrical composition Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary LB II 26494 315524 200090 MM 1 2 C Memorial Gates, of double gates with single Commercial Street, gate on its R side, framed by 3 Aberbargoed square limestone ashlar piers. The piers have wreaths in relief below stepped caps and are surmounted by electric lights. The front face of each pier has a cast iron plaque with a roll of honour in raised letters, while above these are added brass plaques commemorating the dead of the 1939-45 war. The cast iron gates have fretwork decoration. The double gates have panelled wreaths inscribed 'In Glorious Memory of those who fell in the Great War 1914-18', and the single gate has an added elliptical plaque commemorating
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance Glyndwr Michael (1909-43). On the L side is a dwarf ashlar wall with coping and railings that abuts a garden wall (of Bedwellty Nursing Home) to the L. 11048g/4085 Abertillery and Memorial gates to First World War memorial Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary; LB II 87580 320645 201646 MM 2 3 C 37 District Hospital Abertillery and District designed by George Thomas, Site visit memorial gates, Hospital, near Aberbeeg and unveiled by Viscount Pendarren Road, Allenby in December 1926. Aberbeeg Bronze figure of a soldier waving his tin hat in the air set on tall two stage pedestal of grey granite and contained within a large wedge shaped railed 420374 Porthcawl war War memorial located in A parish war memorial is Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary 281660 177010 GG 1 2 C memorial, Porthcawl the churchyard of All located in the churchyard of Saints Church. All Saints at the corner of Victoria Avenue and Church Place. The monument is in the form of a small decorated Celtic ring cross mounted on a steeple-style pillar with square-plan pedestal base, on a two-tiered, chamfered plinth. Recessed panels under decorative gables on each face of the steeple base contain metal memorial plates: on the east face to the men of the parish who fell in both world wars; on the south and west faces the names of the fallen of the First World War; and on the north face the fallen of the Second World War. In the latter case additional names are commemorated below it on a second plate secured to the upper step of the plinth. The monument is mounted on a two-stepped base. A parish war memorial is located in the churchyard of All Saints at the corner of Victoria Avenue and Church Place. The monument is in the form of a small decorated Celtic ring cross mounted on a steeple-style pillar with square-plan pedestal base, on a 420066 Pontyclun War War memorial located on War memorial located on the Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary 303350 181170 GG 1 2 C memorial the south side of south side of Cowbridge Road Cowbridge Road, (A4222) in a small memorial Pontyclun garden with lawn, plant beds and a gravel area around its base. The monument is in the form of a Celtic ring cross
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance with tapered shaft on a chamfered, slightly tapered pedestal mounted on a square, tiered base, three steps up. The cross and all sides of the shaft are covered in interlace decoration except for a memorial panel (to the fallen from Pontyclun in both world wars) on the front (north) face of the shaft. The front face of the plinth is inscribed with the names of those who fell in the First World War, and the east face with the dead of the Second World War (‘2nd Great War’).The monument is enclosed by iron railings on a dwarf wall. War memorial located on the south side of Cowbridge Road (A4222) in a small memorial garden with lawn, plant beds and a gravel area around its base.The monument is in the form of a Celtic ring cross with tapered shaft on a chamfered. 419901 Pencoed War War memorial located in Located in the centre of Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary 296010 181620 GG 1 2 C Memorial, Bridgend, the centre of the town. Pencoed at the junction of Coychurch Road, Hendre Road and Penybont Road. An early twentieth century memorial to those who died in the First World War (1914 - 18), and an additional stone slab names those who died in the Second World War (1939 - 45).Village war memorial of unusual design, prominently sited in the centre of the village. A statue in the form of an angel is supported on a triangular-plan base and plinth constructed of ashlar stone laid in large blocks. The angel is standing on a globe and holds a club and chain aloft. The base has chamfered angles with hollow mouldings, and a large moulded cornice. Each face has an inset red marble tablet with the names of those who died in 1914 - 1918. The plinth also has chamfered angles and a moulded cornice. It is stepped and has a moulded band. Attached to its east face is a stone block with an inset red
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance marble tablet naming those who died from 1939 -1945. The memorial is set on a platform of octagonal paving surrounded by decorative railings. There is an entrance on the east side formed by a pair of double gates, with six stone steps leading up to the memorial. Located in the centre of Pencoed at the junction of Coychurch Road, Hendre Road and Penybont Road. An early twentieth century memorial to those who died in the First World War (1914 - 18), and Second World Wars. 419691 Mumbles War War memorial located in Located in a garden/play area Memorial 20th Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary 261890 187900 GG 1 2 C memorial Mumbles setting on the north side of the Century commemorating those B4433 through Mumbles, lods during the First close to the promenade.The World War and in memorial is a granite subsequent conflicts composite comprising a slightly tapered, rectangular section rusticated central block on a square, tiered base three steps up, which is flanked on two sides by slightly shorter rectangular blocks mounted on the middle step. The central block has a polished panel on its south face commemorating the fallen of the First World War, and above it a second panel recording the dates of both world wars; the polished faces of the flanking blocks record the names of the fallen in both wars. A polished panel on the north face commemorates the fallen in conflicts since 1945.The memorial is positioned on the north-west edge of a circular paved area within the garden. Opposite is a sculpted monument in tribute to the work of RNLI (dated 2002).Located in a garden/play area setting on the north side of the B4433 through Mumbles, close to the promenade. 419621 Caerleon War War memorial located in War memorial drinking Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary 333831 190700 MM 2 2 C memorial the garden associated fountain located in the small with the old Caerleon park behind the Town Hall at Drill Hall. the very north west end of the High Street. The monument,
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance which was erected in c.1920, stood in the Market Place outside The Olde Bull Inn and was moved to its present site in the 1960s.The monument is constructed of polished grey granite with bronze plaques and a cast iron lamp. A square step base carries a square monument, the base of which is supported by half vases to two faces, these being the drinking fountains, the other two faces have bronze plaques. The second stage has plaques to all faces with the names of the fallen of the First World War and the Second Worlad War. Panelled corner pilasters carry arches with fans; frieze and cornice; cap with segemental pediment to each face, each decorated with roses. War memorial drinking fountain located in the small park behind the Town Hall at the very north west end of the High Street. The monument, which was erected in c.1920, stood in the Market Place outside The Olde Bull Inn and was moved to its present site 419444 Penarth War War memorial A war memorial to the fallen Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary 318742 171470 GG 1 2 C memorial, Alexander of the First World War (and Park, Penarth later the Second World War) located in a prominent position on the high crest of a park overlooking the sea. It was designed by Sir W Goscombe John RA and unveiled on Armistice Day, 11 November 1924.It is a white granite stepped obelisk set on shallow mound with inset steps. The face of the obelisk towards the sea has (set on a ship's prow) a bronze statue of Winged Victory bearing sword and laurel wreath. The inscription below 'In grateful memory of the Men of Penarth who died for their country in The Great War 1914 1918 also 1939 1945'. The sides of the obelisk bear inscribed the names of men and women lost in both World Wars. A war memorial to the fallen of the First World War (and later the
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance Second World War) located in a prominent position on the high crest of a park overlooking the sea. It was designed by Sir W Goscombe John RA and unveiled on Armistice Day, 11 November 192 419443 Cowbridge St War memorial to the Glamorgan Yeomanry War Memorial 20th Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary 301619 173977 GG 1 2 C Hilary's Down War Glamorganshire Memorial located on the Century memorial Yeomanry located on St slopes of St Hilary Down, to Hilary's Down the south of the A48, and dated about 1920. It is a prominently sited memorial to fallen of the First World War. The memorial is in the form of an obelisk with the inscription "To the immortal memory of those officers, NCOs, and men of the Glamorgan Yeomanry who fell in the Great War". Glamorgan Yeomanry War Memorial located on the slopes of St Hilary Down, to the south of the A48, and dated about 1920. It is a prominently sited memorial to fallen of the First World War. 419439 Pontypridd Welsh War memorial A tall obelisk of coursed rock- Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary LB II 24858 308765 192733 GG 1 2 C Regiment war faced sandstone on a deep memorial square base and stepped stone plinth, and with polished granite inscription panels. On the W side of the base, overlooking the town is a large inscription panel with Great War dedication, while on the remaining faces are small panels recording regimental campaigns (Palestine, Egypt, Gallipoli). Below the main panel is a smaller panel with a Second War dedication. The base has a moulded freestone cornice. On the W face of the obelisk is a large inscription panel with the regimental badge in relief. 419438 Miskin war War memorial In the middle of the village Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary LB II 23913 304656 180871 GG 1 2 C memorial west of the church and standing in the centre of the road at the junction of School Road and Hensol Road. The pedestal has plaques attached to the sides recording those who served in the First World War,1914-18 war and the de 419434 Clarence Place War War memorial A large cenotaph war Memorial, Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary LB II 26240 331513 188511 MM 1 2 C Memorial, Newport memorial in pale limestone Cenotaph
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance stands at the east end of Clarence Place on an island at the centre of a major junction, with main roads leading north, south, east and west. 419433 Talbot Park war War memorial The focal point of the Memorial 20th Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary LB II 22853 275004 190053 GG 2 2 C memorial, Port memorial park, in the centre of Century Talbot the main avenue. In 1918 Emily Charlotte Talbot of Margam Park donated a field in the town as a memorial for the dead of the First World War (1914-18). The monument is a square-section pillar of un 419424 Cardiff Welsh War memorial A First World War cenotaph- Memorial 20th Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary II LB 13828 317895 178372 GG 2 2 C Regiment type war memorial enclosed Century Regimental war by railings, located on the memorial, Maindy north side of the entrance Barracks, Cardiff drive to Maindy Barracks. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, Principal Architect to the War Graves Commission, and erected in 1924 to commemorate the 419423 New Tredegar War War memorial Located in the centre of New Memorial 20th Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary LB II 25180 311400 207528 GG 1 2 C memorial Tredegar town, in a dominant Century position on steps in a walled enclosure, backing onto the church of St Dingat and the adjacent Hall and opposite the Tredegar Arms Hotel. The memorial commemorates the fallen of the First World Wa 419422 Blackwood war War memorial A cenotaph-type war War 20th Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary LB II 26700 317291 197618 MM 1 2 C memorial memorial influenced by memorial, Century Lutyens' Cenotaph in Cenotaph Whitehall, it is located at the junction of Lewis Lewis Avenue and Pentwyn Avenue. Of limestone ashlar on a polished granite square base and stepped plinth. The pylon has inscriptions with 419419 Ebbw Vale war War memorial Occupies wedge-shaped iron- Memorial 20th Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary LB II 22528 316800 210076 MM 1 2 C memorial railed plot on fork of Libanus Century Road and Steelworks Road. Unveiled September 24th 1924 by Sir Frederick Mills. Made by the Craftsmen’s Guild, London. This memorial commemorates the residents of Ebbw Vale who were killed or miss 419303 Aberdade Cenotaph, War memorial Cenotaph located in Victoria Memorial, 20th Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary 300320 202580 GG 1 2 C Victoria Square, Square in the centre of Cenotaph Century Aberdare Aberdare. A moulded granite pillar on a stepped plinth
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance possibly supporting a stylised sarcophagus. Of rectangular cross-section it has inscriptions in both English (on the broader faces) and Welsh (on 417987 Cowbridge War War memorial White marble carved stone Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary LB II 22299 299559 174637 GG 1 2 C memorial, statue of soldier in uniform set Cowbridge on a Nabresina plinth with names of fallen, circa 1921. 414693 Memorial at St War memorial Memorial in Portland stone Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Damaged Documentary LB II 87647 302650 167150 GG 2 3 C Athan Boys village, with a pierced arch set on a Aberthaw rectangular base. The memorial was probably erected as part of the initial construction of the camp to commemorate the youth of all nations who died in the First World War. 412404 Swansea Cenotaph War memorial The memorial on the Memorial, Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary LB II 14596 263750 192045 GG 1 3 C Esplanade, Mumbles Road, Cenotaph Swansea, is a war memorial after Lutyens’ Whitehall cenotaph designed by Ernest E Morgan, borough architect of Swansea. The foundation stone was laid 1 July 1922 by Field Marshall Earl Haig, and it was unveil 404633 Pontypridd War War memorial A tall obelisk of coursed, rock- Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Documentary 307796 190302 GG 1 2 C memorial, faced sandstone on a deep Coedpenmaen square base and stepped stone Common plinth, and with polished granite inscription panels. On the west side of the base, overlooking the town, is a large inscription panel with a First World War dedication, while on the remaining faces are smaller panels recording regimental campaigns (Palestine, Egypt, Gallipoli). Below the main panel is a smaller panel with a Second World War dedication. The base has a moulded freestone cornice. On the east face of the obelisk is a large inscription panel with the regimental badge in relief.The memorial stands within a square raised platform on a dwarf rock-faced retaining wall with cast iron railings and double gates with approach steps to the west side. An outer fence of galvanised metal has original cast iron double gates which bear the
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance inscription 'The fifth battalion the Welch Regiment'. A tall obelisk of coursed, rock-faced sandstone on a deep square base and stepped stone plinth, and with polished granite inscription panels. On the west side of the base, overlooking the town, is a large inscription 310384 Dan y Graig War memorial War Memorial cross of the Memorial Modern Memorial Memorial Intact Documentary LB II 82485 267594 193477 GG 2 2 C cemetery war standard type designed for the memorial, St Imperial War Graves Thomas, Swansea Commission in 1918 by Sir Reginald Blomfield and erected in every cemetery in every theatre of war laid out by the Commission. The date of this cross is unknown, it has inscriptions to both 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 dead. The cross stands in the very large main cemetery laid out for Swansea council in 1856. 310069 Penrhiwceiber clock War memorial Designed by W.H. William of Memorial Modern Clock Memorial clock Intact Documentary LB II 80941 305962 197614 GG 1 2 C tower and war Mountain Ash and completed memorial in 1926, reputedly using stone from the old Aberdare canal.A slim structure of coursed roughly dressed stone with tooled quoins and ashlar dressings. Embattled and with machiolations, surmounted by a weathervane. Clock faces on each side and slit windows to the tower at two levels on two sides. Stepped offset over the plinth which has a round- arched doorway to W and to E a composite bronze plaque, the central 4-panelled section commemorating the dead of First World War, and the later plaques either side added to commemorate the dead of the Second World War 310074 Mountain Ash war War memorial Erected in 1922 by Nixon's Memorial Modern Memorial Memorial Intact Documentary LB II 80905 304423 199809 GG 1 2 C memorial, Mountain Workmens's Institute. The Ash memorial comprises a life-size copper alloy female figure by J Havard Thomas, mounted on a rectangular pier of granite with battered plinth and set on 3 shallow steps. 310004 Pontardawe war War memorial c.1920 war memorial erected Memorial Modern Memorial Memorial Intact Documentary LB II 80993 272274 203970 GG 1 2 C memorial, Herbert in memory of those lost in the Street, Pontardawe First World War. Silver granite obelisk on plinth with corner detached shafts, raised on
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance large square pedestal with plinth. 309931 Llansamlet war War memorial War memorial of 1921 in a Memorial Modern Memorial Memorial Intact Documentary LB II 82380 269660 197505 GG 1 2 C memorial, Parc public park, signed by W.S. Briallu Deans of Morriston, unveiled 7th January 1922. The memorial features a granite square with a tall main shaft in polished brown granite slightly tapered with names in raised letters. 07938m/ Porth war memorial War memorial A war memorial of obelisk Memorial Modern Memorial Memorial Moved Documentary LB II 17120 302445 191333 GG 1 2 C 309947 type uniquely set within an enclosure overhanging the River Rhondda. Memorial photographed by RCAHMW in Jan. 2004 in advance of its re-siting. 07939m/ Ynysbwl war War memorial Commemorating the dead of Memorial, Modern Memorial Memorial Renovated Documentary LB II 80873 300224 183170 GG 1 2 C 308792 memorial First World War 1914-18 and Cenotaph Second World War 1939-45, in the manner of the Lutyens cenotaph in Whitehall. Stands in a small square enclosure created by chains linking low stone obelisks on a stone footing. A tiered base with plaque and carved relief inscription commemorating the dead of ''The World War'' (second). The main shaft has a bronze plaque in shallow relief depicting soldiers standing by graves above the main inscription plaque, and a carved relief inscription over it commemorating the dead of ''The Great War''. On the narrower side panels are relief-carved wreathed swords in mourning position. Heavily moulded entablature above topped by a wreath. 304190 Llanharan war War memorial Village war memorial Memorial Modern Memorial Memorial Intact Documentary LB II 24367 300224 183170 GG 1 2 C memorial prominently sited north-west of the village centre, on the west side of the river. It was erected in the 1920s but moved to its present location in 1960. The monument is a tall tapering pedestal with a statue of an infantryman in battlefield dress, carved from Portland stone, and is set on a shallow, chamfered plinth with concrete paving, part of the enclosure created in 1960. On the front (south) face of the
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance pedestal are the names of the First World War dead engraved in black letters within a sunk panel. The list extends on to the plinth to which has been added names of the dead in the Afghan War. The sides have dedication inscriptions in English and Welsh. On the rear face the dead of the Second World War and the Korean War are added, above an inscription on the base recording the movement of the monument to its new location in 1960. The monument stands in a railed enclosure of concrete paving with steel railings. Flag poles are placed flanking the memorial. 32804 Merthyr Tydfil War War memorial Set on terraced hillside above Memorial Modern Memorial Memorial Intact Documentary LB II 11455 305041 206627 GG 2 3 C Memorial, main road junction at Pontmorlais, Pontmorlais Circus. ca 1930. Merthyr Tydfil Bronze figures by L S Merrifield, 1931; cast by A B Burton, founder of Thames Ditton.Tall Portland stone niche with moulded arched capping, 32844 Llantwit Major war War memorial War memorial in the form of a Memorial Modern Memorial Memorial Intact Documentary LB II 13278 296710 168740 GG 2 2 C memorial, The Celtic Cross on a repaired cross Square, Llantwit base of four square steps of Major stone, diminishing upwards in height. The top step carries a modern iron railing. Cross base with bronze plaque inscribed with the names of the fallen of WWI. In front of the cross is a marble Book of Honour inscribed with the names of the fallen of WWII. The shaft of the cross diminishes and is covered in interlace decoration and carries a wheel-head also with interlace as well as a central boss. The design may have been inspired by the Samson Cross in the West Church (qv) but has nothing of its quality of design and finish. 32764 Dunraven Place, War memorial War memorial located on an Memorial Modern Memorial Memorial Intact Documentary LB II 11273 290470 179840 GG 1 2 C Bridgend war island site in Dunraven memorial Square, and enclosed behind iron railings. It was designed by Walter Crook and sculpted by Messrs H H Martyn and Co Ltd of Cheltenham, unveiled
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance 11 November 1921. Made of Portland stone, the monument is a tapering obelisk with the figure of Britannia below emblems of sacrifice and victory; swept out cornice above channelled square pedestal with shields over copper First World War commemorative tablets in architraves; decorative band below, Second World War tablet added; the whole on stepped circular base. On the upper step added commemorative tablets to the fallen of the Falklands, Afghan and Iraq wars. 32781 Llandaff War War memorial Three standing bronze figures Memorial Modern Memorial Memorial Intact Documentary LB II 13703 315447 178122 GG 3 2 C Memorial, Cathedral on three separate granite Green, Llandaff plinths, two soldiers with a female figure in the centre. The female figure who symbolises Llandaff is clothed in Celtic dress; right forearm raised and left arm encased in a shield; base of statue ornamented with Celtic scroll pattern. Standing figure of a young soldier in undress to left hand;; rifle on left shoulder; left leg extended. Standing figure of soldier/cadet to right hand; right leg bent at knee and extended slighlty forward; right hand holding a rifle with butt of rifle on ground. Centre plinth inscribed ''Llandaff remembers her own sons and those of the Cathedral School who gave their lives in the Great War and in the Second World War - Son sibi sed patriae''. 420065 Llangybbi war War memorial Village war memorial located Memorial Modern Memorial Memorial Intact Documentary 337390 196680 MM 1 2 C memorial in St Cybi’s churchyard on a raised platform within the burial ground. The memorial is a rusticated celtic ring cross with central boss mounted on a tapered, two-tier pedestal, the upper one chamfered. The larger, lower, tier carries inscriptions commemorating those from Llangibby and Coed-y-paen who fell in the First World War (west face) and the
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance Second World War (north face). The memorial is mounted on a two-step square base. 419622 Monmouth Castle War memorial A war memorial of the Royal Memorial Modern Memorial Memorial Intact Documentary LB II 85238 350714 212855 MM 2 2 C war memorial, Monmouthshire Royal Monmouth Engineers located on the Parade Ground at Monmouth Castle, a memorial to the regimental fallen of the First World War, erected c.1920. It is a plain Celtic-type cross with tapering shaft constructed of rough-faced grey granite with the inscribed face polished. It sits on a square plinth; block with curved top carrying a lead inscription giving the names of the fallen in both the First World War and the Second World War. 419582 Llanover war War memorial Together with an informal Memorial Modern Modern Memorial, Intact Documentary LB II 419582 331180 208120 MM 4 3 B memorial;Tre grouping of cottages and the settlement Eilydyr memorial village school around the War Memorial Green in the centre of Llanover village. Laid out in 1922 as part of the development Tre-Elidyr designed by Alfred Powell. It was built as a memorial to the fallen of the First World War and to the son of Lord Treowen and others of the village who died in the conflict. Included for its special interest as being a fine memorial which is part of a planned war memorial housing development around a green, which was designed by Alfred Powell and remains almost unaltered in detail. Red sandstone walls with slate plaques. Stone walls about 1m in height surround a large square green with openings on three sides. The fourth side has the war memorial with a quadrant wall and pleached lime trees. The cross is on three steps and has a tall field- found shaft with a light iron cross to the top. The memorial tablets are fixed to the quadrant wall, three slate plaques, one with an inscription in Welsh and English and two with the names of the fallen of the First
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance World War. Those lost in the Second World War are named on a separate bronze tablet. 11038g/ Monmouth School War memorial within the Stone cross on a plinth Memorial Modern Memorial Memorial Intact Documentary LB II 85009 351028 212785 MM 2 1 C 419432 war memorial grounds of the school. commemorating former pupils killed during the First and subsequently Second World Wars. Constructed of grey Cornish granite and designed as a combination of a late medieval preaching cross and an Elizabethan sundial. Three square diminishing steps carry a plinth inscribed with the names of the fallen, This has a flat coping and a square socket stone also inscribed. A circular shaft with base mould and cap carries a panelled block like a sundial. This also has a coping and is capped by a pyramid, a ball and a cross. Located in the internal quadrangle of Monmouth School, dating from about 1920 and erected as a memorial to the fallen of the First World War. Constructed of grey Cornish granite and designed as a combination of a late medieval preaching cross and an Eliz 419429 Chepstow war War memorial Situated in the centre of Memorial Modern Memorial Structure other Intact Site visit, LB II 2503 353382 193904 MM 2 2 C memorial, Beaufort Beaufort Square, on a terrace documentary Square, Chepstow in the slope. Erected after the First World War 1914-18 and unveiled in 1922. Designed by Eric Francis, architect, of Chepstow. Adjacent is a gun (NPRN 32858) taken from a captured German submarine presented by George V to the town in recognition of the award of the Victoria Cross to William Williams who died in action after valiantly defending a bridge at the Gallipoli landing. The square itself is the original medieval market square and the traditional centre for public events including fairs. The railings were made by the Army Apprentice School in 1980s.The memorial is a deep ashlar plinth of large blocks in two deep nosed steps. The main part of the memorial is two-tiered, each with cornice topped by orbs; slightly
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance tapering sides, fluted angles and sunken panels in decorative frames with metal plaque incised inscriptions on three sides of the lower section, the fourth engraved. At the top is a tall urn. Situated in the centre of Beaufort Square, on a terrace in the slope. Erected after the First World War 1914-18 and unveiled in 1922. Designed by Eric Francis, architect, of Chepstow. Adjacent is a gun taken from a captured German submarine presented by 419428 Monmouthshire War memorial A First World War memorial Memorial Modern Modern Monument Renovated Documentary LB II 15662 329722 214496 MM 1 2 C Regiment Memorial, located opposite the Baptist Abergavenny Chapel but with its back to it, facing up the street and situated at the road junction on an open island platform. Designed by Gilbert Ledward RGA as a memorial for the Monmouthshire Regiment, it was unveiled on 29th October 1921. Cast by A B Burton, Founder of Thames Ditton and paid for by public subscription from the people of Abertillery, Ebbw Vale, Cwm, Tredegar, Rhymney and Abergavenny. The standing bronze soldier is leaning on an upturned Lee Enfield rifle and is dressed in full battle kit with sling and tin hat. The figure is in an attitude of exhaustion after battle; on a granite pedestal set on a concrete platform. Diminishing squares going to a shaft with chamfered corners. To the front the memorial is inscribed: 'To the Officers, NCOs and Men of the 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regt. who fell in the Great War'; lists of battle honours on the sides. A Second World War inscription has been added to the back. The monument was restored in 2005. 32882 St James's Square War memorial War memorial in St James Memorial Modern Memorial Memorial Intact Documentary, LB II 85239 351071 212954 MM 1 2 C War memorial, square set within a garden area Site visit Monmouth surrounded by railings. Consists of a bronze figure of a soldier upon an ashlar plinth. Bronze plaques bearing the
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance names of the dead of both world wars are on the sides of the plinth. NL45 Gates to Talbot War memorial gates Triple-arched gateway of pale Memorial Modern Gates Memorial Intact Documentary LB II 23255 277279 189025 GG 2 2 C Memorial Park, Port ashlar stone. Wide centrally- gates Talbot placed Tudor arch with reeded moulding, flanked by narrow pointed arches with similar mouldings. Spandrels and areas above arches composed of giant voussoirs. Pilasters between arches and to angles with recessed lancets and polygonal mouldings to edges. Cornice across top in similar style, bearing the inscription 'Talbot 19 Memorial 25 Park'. Raised frieze above central arch with recessed quatrefoils in circles, moulded coping and flanking octagonal pinnacles with advanced lancets to 4 sides. Metal gates to arches with alternating plain and twisted uprights, ending in tall fleur-de-lis finials and small wave finials, respectively. Arched heads below top rails, lock bar with scrolls and 3- leaf motifs. The walls of the gateway return to the N, each with a narrow pointed arch, and join the 2 identical lodges. Low rock-faced walls surmounted by metal railings run outwards from the front angles of the entrance terminating in dressed octagonal piers with pinnacles matching those on the frieze above cornice. NL045 Cwm War memorial, Celtic cross type war A small plain wheel cross with Memorial Modern Memorial Memorial Intact Documentary 318237 205571 MM 1 2 C Canning Street, memorial. straight arms. A stone Cwm structure with original plaque and brass side plaques mounted vertically & honouring the men of the 3rd. Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment who served in the Boer War 1900-02. Adjacent to it is a low stone structure with horizontal brass plate honouring WW1, WW2 and later conflicts. NL046 Holy Trinity Church Marble memorial plaque Memorial Plaque in marble Memorial Modern Plaque Memorial Moved Documentary 319313 210269 MM 1 2 C Memorial, St Annes containing the names of Church, Blaenau parishioners lost during he Gwent, Nant y Glo Firs World War. Originally sited in Holy Trinity Church,
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PRN/NPRN Site Name Summary Description Form Period Type Broad Class Condition Evidence Status Status Status E N Old Group Vulner- Signifi- Grade Ref County value ability cance Nantyglo - but re-sited to St Anne`s Church, Nantyglo when Holy Trinity was demolished. NL047 Tredegar Bronze plaque Tredegar County Intermediate Memorial Modern Plaque Memorial Intact, Documentary 314429 208178 MM 1 2 C Intermediate School commemorating former School WW1 plaque, now Moved memorial plaque pupils killed during the sited at Tredegar First World War. Comprehensive School, which was dedicated on 3rd March 1921. The plaque has clearly been relocated as the current school is a new building. NL048 Caerau war Granite memorial in the On broad circular three Memorial Modern Memorial Memorial Intact Documentary 285411 194166 GG 1 2 C memorial, Caerau centre of the village. stepped base. Wreath on front face. NL049 Llwydcoed War Granite obelisk type war Obelisk, on square base and Memorial Modern Memorial Memorial Intact Documentary LB II 10896 299216 205061 GG 1 2 C Memorial, memorial. stepped plinth, with gold Llwydcoed Park, incised lettering, surrounded Merthyr Road, by a black iron ornate rail. Aberdare Unveiled 28 September 1921. Commemorates the names of eleven men who died during the First World War. Unveiled 28th September l921 and was said to be the first public war monument in the district.
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