Church of St Peter

Peterstone Wentlooge, Monmouthshire

Diocese: Mynwy/Monmouth  (Former diocese: Llandaf/Llandaff)

OS Grid Ref.: ST26808014
Lat/Lng: 51.5154207468,-3.05629259559

Medieval church, now closed. The church is recorded as monasterium sancti Petri de Mora c. 1147⁠–57, the element mora alluding to the situation of the church on the 'moors', the low lying Gwent levels, and indicative of a monastic community at the site.

Saints linked to this site

Peter

More information

National Monuments Record
Church Heritage Cymru

Hywel Wyn Owen & Richard Morgan, Dictionary of the Place-Names of Wales (Llandysul: Gomer, 2007), 383

Sources

Browne Willis, Parochiale Anglicanum (London: 1733), 205

John Ecton, Thesaurus Rerum Ecclesiasticarum (London: 1754), 514

A.W. Wade-Evans, 'Parochiale Wallicanum' in Y Cymmrodor (1910), 75

Taxatio (2014), LL.LL.NE.04    View online

Search for further information about Church of St Peter on Google