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The feature below was first shown on my website on 5 June 2003

John Ball

Images of Wales

St Illtyd's Church, Ilston

Page 3

Page 1: Church exterior & churchyard       Page 2: Church interior       Page 3: Gravestone inscriptions (below)


Selection of memorial stones in St Illtyd's Churchyard

N. B. The inscriptions are transcribed verbatim.

Joseph Pryce memorial stone
Photography by John Ball
 

Quod mori potuit

All that was mortal in JOSEPH
PRYCE Esqr late of Gellyhyr in
this Parish whose amiable
qualities Endeared him to all
his friends. Religious without
hypocrisy, humble without
meanness, charitable without
Ostentation, humane, benevolent,
Hospitable: an affectionate
Husband, indulgent Father;
a Sincere friend, impartial
Magistrate, His life Exemplary,
his Death happy: unfeigned
Piety accompanied him thro'
every scene to the last moments
of Life, Supported Him with
Assurance of hope, the Source
of Peace, and Ernest
of a Blissfull Immortality.


Nathaniel's gravestone
Photography by John Ball
 

Here
Lieth the Body of
Nathaniel Bowen Gent
of this Parish who De-
parted this Life Jan.
8TH [?] 1771 Aged 78 years

Sweet solitude
When Life's - - - hours are past
where - - - - -


Many thanks to Terry Barlow for his suggestion that Nathaniel's surname might be Bowen, and to Jeff Coleman and Graham Williams for confirming the name Bowen by reference to the Ilston parish registers and churchyard monumental inscriptions.


Kneath gravestone
Photography by John Ball
 

Sacred to the Memory
of Joseph Kneath, Son of
Joseph and Martha Kneath
died May 21st 1811 Aged 21yrs
Also Wm. KNEATH Son of
the above died April 8th 1821
Aged 22 yrs.

DEATH WHAT A SULLEN SOUND TO ALL
WHAT MORTAL THINGS ARE MEN
WE SOON ARISE AND QUICK WE FALL
TO MIX WITH EARTH AGAIN.

D. DANIEL SCULPT.
SWANSEA


Williams gravestone
Photography by John Ball
 

In Memory
of David Williams who died ye 26
of October/1802 Aged 2 months
Also William Williams who died ye 26th
of October 1806 Aged 3 weaks
Also Mary Williams who died ye 19th of
March 1807 Aged 3 years and 6 months

Parents Grive no more for we
For in this Grave we lie all three
Our Souls ascended up on High
Repet you all before you die.

Also J. W. Ad 9d.



Photography by John Ball
HiC : iN - FiD - A-HR : CORPUS
WiLLiMi : PRYCE : GEN :
iOHANNiS : PRYCE : ARMIGERi :
E- : CECiLiA : UXORiS : -iUS
FiLii OBiiT : XXii : DiE
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Sources

  1. The Church of St Illtyd by Michael Kennedy, published in Country Quest, February 1999.
  2. The Old Parish Churches of Gwent, Glamorgan & Gower by Mike Salter, published in 1991 by Folly Publications, Malvern; ISBN 1-871731-08-9
  3. A Guide to Gower prepared by the Publications Committee of the Gower Society, 3rd edition published in 1979 by the Gower Society, Swansea.
  4. Country Churchyards in Wales by Donald Gregory, published in 1991 by Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, Llanrwst, Gwynedd; ISBN 0-86381-183-3

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Acknowledgements

  • To my late friend Venita Parry Roylance for allowing me to use some of her fine photographs.
  • To Terry Barlow, Jeff Coleman, and Graham Williams for their help in identifying the surname on one of the gravestones.


Page 1: Church exterior & churchyard       Page 2: Church interior       Page 3: Gravestone inscriptions (above)

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