Newport, Church Of St Woolos 1893
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This beautiful church dates from the 12th century. It was originally dedicated to St Gwynllyw, a 5th-century warrior saint who established the first church on this site and is buried here. Time took its toll on the name: after changes in its Latin and Welsh forms, it became St Woolo's. In the churchyard there is an unmarked grave of ten supporters of the Chartist movement - a stone plaque near the main entrance commemorates them. The church tower was built in the 15th century on the instructions of Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford and uncle of Henry VII. In 1911 the Diocese of Monmouth was created, leading to St Woolo's being granted full cathedral status in 1949.
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