Full Report for Listed Buildings


The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.

Summary Description


Reference Number
82089
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
26/11/2003  
Date of Amendment
26/11/2003  
Name of Property
Monument in churchyard of St Cattwg  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Neath Port Talbot  
Community
Blaenhonddan  
Town
Neath  
Locality
Cadoxton-Juxta-Neath  
Easting
275559  
Northing
198564  
Street Side
 
Location
Situated adjacent to path running from SW churchyard gate to church.  

Description


Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary  
Period
 

History
Monument of 1823 to murder victim, Margaret Williams.  

Exterior
Stone monument with tapered sides and gabled top, flat front with finely lettered long inscription describing murder of Margaret Williams with much use of enlarged lettering for emphasis. Inscription reads '1823 To record MURDER this stone was erected over the body of Margaret Williams aged 26 a native of Carmarthenshire living in service in this parish who was found dead with marks of violence upon her person in a ditch on the marsh below this churchyard on the morning of Sunday the fourteenth of July 1822. - Although THE SAVAGE MURDERER escaped for a season the detection of man yet GOD HATH SET HIS MARK UPON HIM either for time or eternity and THE CRY OF BLOOD will assuredly pursue him to certain and terrible but righteous JUDGEMENT'.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest as a very unusual C19 memorial with instructive and preventive purpose, and for quality of carved lettering.  

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