St Peter's, Dixton, Monmouth 28 April 2016
One of two tin tablets dating from the same period as the Queen Anne Royal Arms in the church. This one surmounts the Lord's Prayer, the other, The Apostles' Creed.
Reference was made in 735 to a monastery at this site, dedicated to the Welsh Saint Tydiwg, or Tadeocus, the Welsh name of the parish, Llandydiwg, and ultimately the name Dixton, deriving from this name. Herring bone masonry in the nave is believed to be part of the original Anglo-Saxon fabric, but most of the church dates from the 12th and 13th Centuries. The north porch and vestry were added in 1824, and a renovation took place in 1861-2. Being on the banks of the Wye, the church is frequently flooded and a new balcony was installed at the rear of the nave to which items can be moved for safety. Brass plaques on the chancel arch record flood levels reached.
Curiously, although in Monmouth, Wales, the parish is in the Church of England. It was transferred to the Diocese of Llandaff in 1844, but on the disestablishment of the Church of England in Wales and establishment of the Church in Wales, the parishioners voted in 1920 to remain with the Church of England and the parish was returned to the Hereford Diocese. Thus it appears in the list of Hereford churches.
St Peter's, Dixton, Monmouth 28 April 2016
One of two tin tablets dating from the same period as the Queen Anne Royal Arms in the church. This one surmounts the Lord's Prayer, the other, The Apostles' Creed.
Reference was made in 735 to a monastery at this site, dedicated to the Welsh Saint Tydiwg, or Tadeocus, the Welsh name of the parish, Llandydiwg, and ultimately the name Dixton, deriving from this name. Herring bone masonry in the nave is believed to be part of the original Anglo-Saxon fabric, but most of the church dates from the 12th and 13th Centuries. The north porch and vestry were added in 1824, and a renovation took place in 1861-2. Being on the banks of the Wye, the church is frequently flooded and a new balcony was installed at the rear of the nave to which items can be moved for safety. Brass plaques on the chancel arch record flood levels reached.
Curiously, although in Monmouth, Wales, the parish is in the Church of England. It was transferred to the Diocese of Llandaff in 1844, but on the disestablishment of the Church of England in Wales and establishment of the Church in Wales, the parishioners voted in 1920 to remain with the Church of England and the parish was returned to the Hereford Diocese. Thus it appears in the list of Hereford churches.