Llanthony, The Priory, From The North West 1893
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The tranquillity of the Vale of Ewyas and its surrounding hills must have appealed to the Augustinian monks who founded a church here in 1108, possibly on a site where St David, the patron saint of Wales, had lived centuries earlier. Its Welsh name is Llanddewi Nant Honddu, meaning 'the church of St David on the Honddu brook'. The priory itself, built at various times between 1180 and 1230, is in ruins, yet its magnificent setting remains a place for peaceful contemplation. It is a special place. The poet Walter Savage Landor owned the abbey ruins in the early 19th century, and wrote of Llanthony: 'I loved thee by thy streams of yore, By distant streams I love thee more.'
An extract from Around Alton Photographic Memories.
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