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Enclosing rails and walls to Thomas Johnes grave in Eglwys Newydd churchyard

Pontarfynach, Ceredigion, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Hafod, Aberystwyth, Pontarfynach, Ceredigion, designated on 16 March 2005.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Enclosing rails and walls to Thomas Johnes grave in Eglwys Newydd churchyard, Pontarfynach, Ceredigion, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Date of designation
16 March 2005
Locality
Hafod
Town
Aberystwyth
Community
Pontarfynach
Unitary authority
Ceredigion
Country
Wales
Coordinates
52.34665, -3.80966
Cadw reference
84252

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 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)
  • 1899 · 178 Llanilar (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

In the churchyard some 25m SW of the church.

C19 enclosing rails and low wall to burial vault of Thomas Johnes of Hafod. Johnes died at Dawlish, Devon, 23/4/1819.

Rubble stone back wall and short walls at right angles linking to railings to front, in 5 canted sections, side sections in line with walls and canted 3-sided front. Railings are of the conical lance head type on chamfered low stone coping. Standards at the angles are 5-sided cast-iron with fluted conical finials. Walls have flat coping.

Included for historical interest as the grave of Thomas Johnes of Hafod.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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