Monmouth, St Thomas's Church c.1965
Photo ref:
M91092
More about this scene
This view shows the Monnow Gate that stands on the bridge of the same name to the left. However, the subject of this photograph is the church, dedicated to Thomas a Beckett, the Archbishop of Canterbury murdered in 1170, although the first church here may have been Saxon. By 1965 the church had undergone a number of changes through its long life, after several re-modellings. In 1233 fire damaged the church and the gatehouse (seen to the left here) during the battle of Monmouth, and 13 oaks were supplied to repair the church. In 1830 the church was restored by Thomas Henry Watt, and re-fashioned in brick with a turret being added. In 1874 John Pritchard, a former assistant of Pugin, removed the turret and replaced the brick with stone again. The vestries were added in 1887/88. The present east window dates from 1957.
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