St. Teilo Churchyard
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St. Teilo Churchyard

Bishopston, Swansea, Wales

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Bishopston (Welsh: Llandeilo Ferwallt) is a hamlet and community situated on the Gower Peninsula, some 6 miles west south west of the centre of Swansea in South Wales. Forming part of the Bishopston ward of the City and County of Swansea, it is one of the largest villages on Gower. It is bounded by the Bristol Channel to the south; and the wards of: Pennard to the west; Fairwood to the north; and Mayals, West Cross and Newton to the east. It is partly within the Gower Peninsula Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The church, located at the head of Bishopston Valley, is dedicated to St Teilo which gives the village its Welsh name.
St. Teilo was an early "archbishop" of Llandaff. According to the 'Book of Llandaff' - Liber Landavensis - the Parish of Bishopston dates back to the earliest days of the Celtic church when it took the form of a Christian monastic community. This monastic settlement, known as Llandeilo Ferwallt, would have been founded in Gower as a "daughter" church or subsidiary monastry to Teilo's major monastry at Llandeilo Fawr during the turn of the 6th century.
The present building was probably built during the 13th century from an earlier chapel. The massive tower has a small pyramidal roof rising within the English type battlement, housing at its foot two bells dated 1713 and 1714.
The church has been restored many times since the original Norman building, with a south porch added in 1851. The east window of the chancel has a stained-glass window, which is a memorial to seven men of the parish who lost their lives in the First World War.



Bishopston (Welsh: Llandeilo Ferwallt) is a hamlet and community situated on the Gower Peninsula, some 6 miles west south west of the centre of Swansea in South Wales. Forming part of the Bishopston ward of the City and County of Swansea, it is one of the largest villages on Gower. It is bounded by the Bristol Channel to the south; and the wards of: Pennard to the west; Fairwood to the north; and Mayals, West Cross and Newton to the east. It is partly within the Gower Peninsula Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The church, located at the head of Bishopston Valley, is dedicated to St Teilo which gives the village its Welsh name.
St. Teilo was an early "archbishop" of Llandaff. According to the 'Book of Llandaff' - Liber Landavensis - the Parish of Bishopston dates back to the earliest days of the Celtic church when it took the form of a Christian monastic community. This monastic settlement, known as Llandeilo Ferwallt, would have been founded in Gower as a "daughter" church or subsidiary monastry to Teilo's major monastry at Llandeilo Fawr during the turn of the 6th century.
The present building was probably built during the 13th century from an earlier chapel. The massive tower has a small pyramidal roof rising within the English type battlement, housing at its foot two bells dated 1713 and 1714.
The church has been restored many times since the original Norman building, with a south porch added in 1851. The east window of the chancel has a stained-glass window, which is a memorial to seven men of the parish who lost their lives in the First World War.



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