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Church of the Holy Cross, Kilgwrrwg

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in 1871, and again in 1977-9 (Cadw) or 1989-90 (Newman). At the time of the 20th century reconstruction, the church was named Holy Cross, no earlier dedication being recorded.
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rather than an arch. The church is Grade II* listed, the listing noting it as an "attractive and little altered medieval church from a now deserted village".
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The existing features are from the 16th, 17th and 19th centuries. By the early 19th century, the church was described as little more than "a dilapidated
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The churchyard contains an early cross, which is both a Grade II listed structure and a
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parish church that once served a now abandoned village. A
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The church has one bell by the William Evans Foundry of
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The only other complete cross in Monmouthshire is the
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Church of the Holy Cross, Kilgwrrwg is located in Monmouthshire
51°40′56″N 2°46′45″W / 51.6822°N 2.7793°W / 51.6822; -2.7793
Kilgwrrwg
Monmouthshire
Denomination
Church in Wales
Holy Cross, Kilgwrrwg
Parish church
Church
Style
Early English/Decorated
Diocese
Monmouth
Archdeaconry
Deanery
Parish
Vicar(s)
Kilgwrrwg
Monmouthshire
medieval
Grade II* listed building
Clive Aslet
yoked
heifers
Celtic
pre-Christian
Cadw
sheepfold
John Prichard

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