BORDER CROSSING

THE CROSSING BETWEEN ENGLAND AND WALES,

OVER THE RIVER WYE, AT CHEPSTOW.

FROM GLOUCESTERSHIRE TO MONMOUTHSHIRE

LOCATION FOR MOVIE "THE BAKER"

THE TEA ROOM USED AS "THE BAKERY", IN THE 2007 MOVIE "THE BAKER", STARRING DAMIAN LEWIS. THE MOVIE WAS MADE IN THE VILLAGE OF GROSMONT, MONMOUTHSHIRE

POORSCRIPT LANE

ONE WONDERS THE ORIGIN OF THIS UNUSUAL STREET NAME

MEDIEVAL WALL PAINTINGS

ST CYBI'S CHURCH, LLANGYBI, MONMOUTHSHIRE.

THE CHURCH DATES FROM 13th/14th CENTURY AND LATE MEDIEVAL WALL PAINTINGS

HAVE BEEN UNCOVERED

HAROLD'S STONES

HAROLD'S STONES,

TRELLECH, MONMOUTHSHIRE

THIS PLAQUE EXPLAINS A SHORT HISTORY OF THE STONES

THE WYE VALLEY

SCENIC WYE VALLEY

MONMOUTHSHIRE

IN MEMORY OF A VICTORIA CROSS HERO

IN THE TOWN OF CHEPSTOW, MONMOUTHSHIRE, STANDS AN UNUSUAL MEMORIAL TO A FIRST WORLD WAR LOCAL HERO, A GUN FROM A GERMAN FIRST WORLD WAR SUBMARINE. THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS EXPLAIN THE REASON.

REMINDER TO US ALL

INTERESTING PUB AND SIGN.

THE FIVE ALLS,

CHEPSTOW, MONMOUTHSHIRE

MAGNIFICIENT INSTRUMENT

THE ORGAN AT ST MARY'S PRIORY CHURCH, USK , MONMOUTHSHIRE. BUILT IN 1861

TIMES PAST

COBBLED STREET IN CHEPSTOW, MONMOUTHSHIRE

UNIQUE GRAVESTONE

THIS UNIQUE GRAVESTONE IS IN MONMOUTH, SOUTH WALES. WHY IS IT UNIQUE? IN THE 1800'S, A GENTLEMAN OF THE TOWN, JOHN RENIE, WANTED TO BE REMEMBERED AFTER HIS DEATH, SO HE CARVED HIS OWN GRAVESTONE. NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THAT YOU MAY SAY, BUT WHAT HE CARVED ON HIS GRAVESTONE IS WHY HE IS REMEMBERED. LOOKING AT THE GRAVESTONE, IT LOOKS LIKE A JUMBLE OF LETTERS, BUT THERE IS A KEY. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STONE THERE IS A SLIGHTLY LARGER LETTER, H. IF YOU GO UP, DOWN OR SIDEWAYS FROM THIS H, YOU WILL SEE THAT IT READS, "HERE LIES JOHN RENIE". BE SURE TO ENLARGE THE PICTURE BY CLICKING ON IT, TO SEE IT FULLY.

COUNTRY CHURCH

ST CYBI'S CHURCH, LLANGIBBY,

MONMOUTHSHIRE, WALES

ROMANTIC RUIN

WHITE CASTLE, MONMOUTHSHIRE,

SOUTH WALES

PICTURES FROM THE PAST

A 14 CENTURY PANEL OAK SCREEN, ORIGINALLY FROM A RUINED CATHOLIC CHAPEL IN WHITFORD, DEVON, AND NOW IN ST JAMES CHURCH, LLANGUA, MONMOUTHSHIRE. DEPICTED ON THE SCREEN ARE VIRGIN AND CHILD, OUR LORD, A KING, SAID TO BE KING EDMUND MARTYR, AND A BISHOP. CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT

PASTORAL SCENE

RIVER WYE AT BROCKWEIR,

MONMOUTHSHIRE

COUNTRY CHURCH

THE ANCIENT CHURCH OF ST JAMES, LLANGUA, MONMOUTHSHIRE

CANDLELIT SERVICE

ST JAMES' CHURCH LLANGUA MONMOUTHSHIRE. THIS EARLY 15TH CENTURY CHURCH HAS NO ELECTRICITY SO ALL SERVICES ARE CONDUCTED BY CANDLELIGHT.