St Mary Magdalene Church Cemetery
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St Mary Magdalene Church Cemetery

Goldcliff, Newport, Wales

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The church of St Mary Magdalene is an ancient building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch, and an embattled western tower containing one bell: in the chancel there is a mural brass thus inscribed:-


"On the 20th day of January, 1606, even as it came to pass, it pleased God the flood did flow to the edge of this same brass, and in this parish there was lost £5,000 in stock &c. besides 22 people was in this parish drowned.


Goldcliff: John Wilkins, of Pill Rew, William Tap, Churchwardens. 1609"


The church has 90 sittings all free. The register of Baptisms and Burials dates from the year 1728; Marriages, 1729.


The nave and chancel, although restored (circa. 1880), date from sometime after 1424 when Goldcliff priory, located approximately one mile south-east on the coast, was destroyed by a storm. It is possible that some of the limestone blocks used to build this church came from the remains of the priory.


The western tower seems to date from the 18th century, or even as late as the early 19th century and may be contemporary with the ceiling and cornice of the nave and chancel. The chancel arch is a Victorian insertion, the building having originally been a single cell.


The tower contains one bell, recast by Taylors of Loughborough in 1969. The font is medieval and has an 18th century cover.


A brass on the north wall of the nave records the great flood of 1606/07 and the loss of property and life and makes interesting reading.

The church of St Mary Magdalene is an ancient building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch, and an embattled western tower containing one bell: in the chancel there is a mural brass thus inscribed:-


"On the 20th day of January, 1606, even as it came to pass, it pleased God the flood did flow to the edge of this same brass, and in this parish there was lost £5,000 in stock &c. besides 22 people was in this parish drowned.


Goldcliff: John Wilkins, of Pill Rew, William Tap, Churchwardens. 1609"


The church has 90 sittings all free. The register of Baptisms and Burials dates from the year 1728; Marriages, 1729.


The nave and chancel, although restored (circa. 1880), date from sometime after 1424 when Goldcliff priory, located approximately one mile south-east on the coast, was destroyed by a storm. It is possible that some of the limestone blocks used to build this church came from the remains of the priory.


The western tower seems to date from the 18th century, or even as late as the early 19th century and may be contemporary with the ceiling and cornice of the nave and chancel. The chancel arch is a Victorian insertion, the building having originally been a single cell.


The tower contains one bell, recast by Taylors of Loughborough in 1969. The font is medieval and has an 18th century cover.


A brass on the north wall of the nave records the great flood of 1606/07 and the loss of property and life and makes interesting reading.

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