Memorial to Annie Lawrence in the churchyard of St Ilan, Eglwysilan, Aber Valley (Cwm Aber), Caerphilly

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5929 / 51°35'34"N

Longitude: -3.2914 / 3°17'29"W

OS Eastings: 310637

OS Northings: 189014

OS Grid: ST106890

Mapcode National: GBR HS.BW88

Mapcode Global: VH6DR.W7T7

Plus Code: 9C3RHPV5+4C

Entry Name: Memorial to Annie Lawrence in the churchyard of St Ilan, Eglwysilan

Listing Date: 28 June 1999

Last Amended: 28 June 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 21958

ID on this website: 300021958

Location: Immediately NW of the tower on the W side of the main pathway through the churchyard.

County: Caerphilly

Community: Aber Valley (Cwm Aber)

Community: Aber Valley

Locality: Eglwysilan

Traditional County: Glamorgan

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History

Publicly-funded memorial to Annie Lawrence who died in 1908 aged 19.

Exterior

A marble sculpture of a classically robed woman holding a bunch of flowers. It stands on a tall sandstone base with moulded plinth and cornice. The E side of the base bears an inscription in engraved letters: 'Erected by public subscription in honoured memory of Annie Dorothy Lawrence ... of Abertridwr who died August 17th 1908 yielding up her life rather than her virtue'.

Reasons for Listing

Included for its social-historical interest and for group value with the church and other associated listed items.

External Links

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Church of St Ilan
Isolated church on the ridge between Aber and Taff valleys.
II* Tomb of William Edwards in the churchyard of St Ilan, Eglwysilan
On the S side of the nave to SW of the porch, adjacent to path on the W side.
II Lych Gate at the church of St Ilan, Eglwysilan
On the S side of the churchyard and flanked by attached stone boundary walls.
II Alexon House
In Hawthorn between the A5054 and the river Taff.
II Rhydyfelin War Memorial
Set back from the road and in front of St Luke's church.

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Memorial to Annie Lawrence in the churchyard of St Ilan, Eglwysilan

A Grade II Listed Building in Aber Valley (Cwm Aber), Caerphilly