St Illtyd, Pembrey

Name:
St Illtyd, Pembrey
Record Type:
Parish Church
Church code:
2756
Diocese:
St Davids
Archdeaconry:
Carmarthen
Parish:

Statutory Designation Information

Listed Building?
This is a Grade II* Listed Building
Scheduled Monument?
There is no Scheduled Monument within the curtilage or precinct

National Park

The church is not in a National Park

Conservation Area

The church is not in a Conservation Area

Buildings At Risk Status

On Buildings At Risk Register?
This church is not on the Buildings at Risk Register
 

Approximate Date

Approximate Date:
Medieval

Exterior Image

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Summary Description

Pembrey noted now for its Country Park along much of the length of Cefn Sidan sands on Carmarthen Bay. ‘The hatchet men of Pembrey were notorious as wreckers luring ships on to the sand by means of lighting false beacons. Among the ships so destroyed was ‘La Jeane Emma’ in 1828 in which a niece of the Empress Josephine, Adeline Coquelin, was killed and a plaque commemorates this event on the church and two similar events in 1833 and 1839. Reference Buildings of Wales –Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion 1994 The Encyclopaedia of Wales

Visiting and Facilities

The church is open for worship.
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Church Website

Church Website:
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Sources and Further Information

View information on worship and access at this church on the Church In Wales web site
RCAHMW (2004) Coflein http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/101623/details/ [Digital Archive/Document]