Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Morris Monument in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary Magdalene
Cerrigydrudion, Conwy, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Cerrigydrudion, Conwy, designated on 17 February 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 17 February 1998
- Locality
- Cerrigydrudion
- Town
- Cerrigydrudion
- Community
- Cerrigydrudion
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.02582, -3.56224
- Cadw reference
- 19344
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 120 Corwen (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
The monument is set in the churchyard, approximately 3m from the chancel on the N side of the church.
History
Erected c1840.
Exterior
A pair of obelisk monuments in a railed enclosure, each obelisk identical, consisting of a gritstone die with moulded cap and base, carrying a short pyramidal obelisk with a pointed top. To Robert Morris, Cefn Hir, Fynnydd isaf, d.1838, and Jane Morris, who died the same year. Added to the back, Robert Morris d.1869 aged 79. The monuments are enclosed in iron railings with halberd finials, and with fluted urn terminals to the stanchions.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the Church of St Mary Magdalene.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St Mary MagdaleneReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Pair of Williams Chest Tombs in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary MagdaleneReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Table Tomb in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary MagdaleneReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Hafan Prys AlmshousesHealth and Welfareunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.