Wales, Powys, Presteigne
Church of St Andrew - mainly 14c with traces of the original Saxon and Norman churches.
In 13c to the Reformation the Augustinian Canons of Wigmore Abbey held the rectory here and a stone over the east window was inscribed MPL 1244 taken to mean "Mortimerus Posuit Libeus" - "ThiS part of the church Mortimer was pleased to erect" In the 15c the nave roof was raised with clerestory and upper part of the tower built. The tower originally separate from the church itself contains 8 bells dated 1707. Unusually the curfew bell has rung each evening since 1565 when wealthy cloth merchant John Beddoes made its ringing a condition for the continuation of the grammar school which he founded.
In the churchyard there are 2 gravestones marking the tragic life of Mary Morgan who was executed for infanticide aged 17 in 1805. history.powys.org.uk/history/prest/morgan5.html
Wales, Powys, Presteigne
Church of St Andrew - mainly 14c with traces of the original Saxon and Norman churches.
In 13c to the Reformation the Augustinian Canons of Wigmore Abbey held the rectory here and a stone over the east window was inscribed MPL 1244 taken to mean "Mortimerus Posuit Libeus" - "ThiS part of the church Mortimer was pleased to erect" In the 15c the nave roof was raised with clerestory and upper part of the tower built. The tower originally separate from the church itself contains 8 bells dated 1707. Unusually the curfew bell has rung each evening since 1565 when wealthy cloth merchant John Beddoes made its ringing a condition for the continuation of the grammar school which he founded.
In the churchyard there are 2 gravestones marking the tragic life of Mary Morgan who was executed for infanticide aged 17 in 1805. history.powys.org.uk/history/prest/morgan5.html