Denomination: Anglican ![]() Above: Southeastern aspect of church Below: Northern aspect of church including its 19th century porch.
Note 2: The church was rebuilt in 1887 except for the embattled 15th century west tower [right], the north porch and the font [above], both also probably 15th century. There is an effigy of circa 1325 of Jane. There is also a 10th or 11th century pillar stone with inscriptions, figures of Saints John and Mary, knots and a cross. [Source: The Old Parish Churches of Mid Wales, by Mike Salter, Folly Publications, Malvern, 2003; ISBN 1-871731-62-3] ![]() Above: Northeastern aspect of church. Below: Nave, chancel, and east window. ![]() ![]() Above: Early 20th century reredos, recently moved from the east wall to its present position on the south wall. Below: Angels painted on east wall. Originally late Victorian, but recently recreated (by Macdonald and Galvin). ![]() ![]() Above: 14th century effigy of Jane, the wife of Philip Walbeoffe. Note 3: The Walbeoffes [of Llanhamlach] were not a prosperous race, nor were they a race that deserved prosperity. What wealth they possessed was at last squandered by a certain John, whose son Charles, when he came to the nominal inheritance found himself a needy man. To "better his condition" he sold his patrimony to a gentleman of the name of Powel, who about the year 1750 built the house now standing. John Walbeoffe, the spendthrift, had a considerable family, but what became of them and their descendants we cannot tell. The name seems to have long disappeared from Breconshire.
Click on the photograph to access a full-sized image. ![]() The Moridic Stone was found in 1852 built into a window of the former Llanhamlach rectory. It was transferred to the church after the rectory was demolished. It is a Christian memorial stone but parts of the top and bottom are broken off. A carved inscription down the right-hand side reads: Moridic erected this stone
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![]() Above: Early 19th century gravestone erected in memory of the MORGANS family. Below: Lychgate in northeast wall of churchyard.
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