Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Vaughan Chest Tomb in the churchyard of the Church of St Garmon
Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llangybi, Pwllheli, Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd, designated on 31 March 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 31 March 1999
- Locality
- Llangybi
- Town
- Pwllheli
- Community
- Llanystumdwy
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.92826, -4.34723
- Cadw reference
- 21584
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)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 118 Nevin (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
The chest tomb stands to the S of the nave wall of the church, near the path.
History
The tomb commemorates John Vaughan, son of Jane, the daughter of Thomas ap Gruffydd of Madryn, who matriculated at Oxford, a member of the well known gentry family of Vaughan of Glasfryn.
Exterior
A low set ledger slab of stone, with under-chamfered endges, inscribed at its head with cut lettering reading:- HIC.IACET.IOHANN/ES: VAGHAN:DE:G/LASFRYN:GEN:QVI/OBIT 5. 9LIS.1665.
Reason for designation
Included as a relatively rare and well-preserved example of a C17 chest tomb.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St GarmonReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Former School in the churchyard of the Church of St GarmonEducationunder 1 mi
- Cowhouse and Farm Range W of Ty'n-llanAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Ty'n-llanDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.