Tintern
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- 15 photos on Tintern appear in 7 Frith books - View photos of Tintern
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Tintern memories
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Love at first sight
He's got exactly the same photo, and I remember standing watching him take it as the sun shone through the ruins and thinking to myself I'm not sure which I love more, him or the Abbeys we visit together. Tintern will always feel like our special place.
Contributed by Elandria Mythrais
Gwent memories
Love at first sight
He's got exactly the same photo, and I remember standing watching him take it as the sun shone through the ruins and thinking to myself I'm not sure which I love more, him or the Abbeys we visit together. Tintern will always feel like our special place.
A memory of Tintern contributed by Elandria Mythrais
Clog dancing at the Two Rivers Folk Festival
I went to this folk festival for the first time this year and got some memories that I will never forget! Exciting music and dance memories at the entertainment venues around Chepstow plus a never to be forgotten rain soaked camping experience on the Chepstow racecourse along with woeful sanitation!
The dance display teams are a crucial and vital element to any folk festival. The Two Rivers Festival organisers put together an impressive list of Morris teams representing all styles of Morris Dancing from around England and Wales with a heavy emphasis on the "Border Style". Overseas visitors were there too: “Orange Peel Border Morris” came from Ontario, Canada and for me a highlight was the ...read more here
A memory of Chepstow contributed by John Howard Norfolk
The Cottage Hospital?
I hope I am not mistaken, but this building looks very much like the old Chepstow Cottage Hospital. I lived and worked at Sedbury in the 1970's and I am sure this is where we used to bring our youngsters (from SPS) to be treated.
A memory of Chepstow contributed by Colin Pemberton
Extracts From Tintern & Gwent books
It is difficult to imagine from this idyllic scene, including the
parish church of St Mary on the hillside (right), that Tintern was
once heavily industrialised. Records of an iron and wire works
here go back to the 16th century, and production continued
until around the end the 19th century. At one time there was
a considerable number of German and Swedish wire workers
employed. The wire was used, among other things, to make
brushes for carding in the wool industry. Remains of the works
can still be seen in the Anghiddy Valley in the woods behind
Tintern, where the river was dammed in several places to make
ponds for use in the iron processing. Some of these ponds have
since been put to good use by anglers.
An extract from from"Grimsby - A History and Celebration".
An extract from from"Grimsby - A History and Celebration".
The ruins of the abbey
are visible in the
distance. This
photograph shows how
Tintern nestles in
amongst the surrounding hills.
An extract from from"Monmouthshire Photographic Memories".
It is possible to
imagine that this
is where William
Wordsworth could
have been inspired to
write his poem Lines
Composed a Few Miles
Above Tintern Abbey
almost one hundred
years before this
picture was taken.
An extract from from"Grimsby - A History and Celebration".
This former Cistercian abbey was founded in 1131 by Walter de la Clare. The first brothers of the establishment came directly from Normandy. The remains to be seen today actually date from the abbey's rebuilding in the course of the 13th to the 15th centuries. The abbey's primary occupation was agriculture, and it reached the apogee of its wealth and influence in the 14th century when it was reckoned the wealthiest abbey in Wales. The Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s brought the inevitable decline and subsequent neglect of its fabric. Lead from the roof was stripped (to be re-used at Raglan and Chepstow castles), and the ivy-clad ruins were later to become a focus for the romantic travellers of the 18th and 19th centuries.
An extract from from"South Wales Photographic Memories".