Tintern
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Map of Gwent
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Tintern books (4 available)
- 14 photos on Tintern appear in 4 Frith books - View photos of Tintern
- Read extracts and see photos from these books on Tintern and Gwent
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
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".
The south-west wall is being renovated at the time of writing. The present remains were built in the decorated style
between 1270 and 1301.
An extract from from"Monmouthshire Photographic Memories".
The photographer is
being closely observed
by the man looking over
the railings on the left of
the picture.
An extract from from"Monmouthshire Photographic Memories".
This chapel is sited just
above the abbey ruins,
which we can just see in
the centre of the picture
beyond and below the
church tower. The tower
has since been removed.
An extract from from"Monmouthshire Photographic Memories".
The Cistercian abbey, founded in 1131, was enlarged several times over the course of its life until it was dissolved in 1536. There can few ruins as picturesque, and its setting has inspired artists of all kinds since the Reverend William Gilpin praised it in his guidebook ‘Observations on the River Wye’ in 1782. This photograph, taken before the inundation of visitors that that sometimes steals some of its magic, in the summer at least, captures perfectly the scene that inspired the sentiments expressed by Gilpin and others.
An extract from from"Wales Living Memories".