Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Memorial to T. Leadbetter in churchyard of Church of St Michael and All Angels
Llantarnam, Torfaen, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llantarnam, Cwmbran, Torfaen, designated on 30 September 2003.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 30 September 2003
- Locality
- Llantarnam
- Town
- Cwmbran
- Community
- Llantarnam
- Unitary authority
- Torfaen
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.63308, -3.00317
- Cadw reference
- 81870
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 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
In the churchyard some 20m NW of the Church of Saint Michael and All Angels.
History
Obelisk memorial to Thomas Leadbetter, mills and forge manager of the Oakfield Iron Works, Cwmbran, who died in 1870.
Exterior
Memorial obelisk, grey sandstone ashlar. Obelisk in two sections on small plinth with coved top moulding, on square base, raised on 2 steps with 8 stone piers with chains. Inscription recording name and details, and that memorial was erected by the workmen.
Reason for designation
Included as a prominent C19 graveyard memorial of industrial historical interest.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St Michael and All AngelsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The Greenhouse Public HouseCommercialunder 1 mi
- Churchyard cross at the Church of Saint Michael and All AngelsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Churchyard CrossCrossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.