Llanteg Location

Llanteg is a small rural parish on the eastern border of Pembrokeshire, South West Wales.

We are bisected by the busy A477 trunk road which is the main route into South Pembrokeshire (including the popular resorts of Saundersfoot and Tenby).

The village lies within the parish of Crunwere (previously also known as Crunwear).

From a 2002 O.S. map

"Crown Copyright. Reproduced by permission of Ordnance Survey."

Zoar Chapel

Zoar Baptist Chapel

The chapel has now closed and is a Chapel of Rest for E.C.Thomas and Son, Funeral Directors.

G.R.(George V) Letterbox

G.R. Postbox (George V 1910-36), The Folly, Llanteg
Old post box which will only take narrow envelopes and not birthday cards!

Village Milestones

Oaklands Milestone

Made by Moss and Sons 1838

We also have another milestone just east of Llanteg Garage and opposite Myrtle Villa

20th Century Map of Crunwere

The red line denotes the boundary of Crunwere Parish.

19th Century Map of Crunwere Parish

Notice the old road layout before the A477 road cut through the area in the 1830s.

Many of the little lanes are still there as footpaths.

Castle Ely Bridge County Boundary Stone

Refurbished Boundary Stone in 2003 - Castle Ely Bridge

The above three pictures show how the boundary stone was brought back to life in 2003 after being completely lost in undergrowth.
Sadly, the poor stone now looks slightly the worse for wear and could do with another lick of paint (this was done for us before by Pembs County Council workers).

Church Notelets for Sale

Crunwere Church from field

Crunwere Church Porch

Crunwere Stained Glass Window

Crunwere Church Rood Screen

Crunwere Church Stained Glass Window - depicting Broomylake

 

The above images were taken from cards on sale from Audrey James of Rose Park, Llanteg.

Copyright J.P.Elliott-Hunt (Little Black Cat 01834 811 575)

Claypits As They Look Now

Clearing at A477 side of Claypits for work to commence.

Looking down the 'Stoney Road' towards Ledgerland, with the 'Claypits' behind the seat.

The 'Claypits' as viewed from the A477 opposite the Mountain Chapel down towards the garage.

Rectory Well and Tap - Ongoing Project

Tap near the bottom of Rectory Hill

Then after being cleared the tap got stolen!

The above tap and well are on the Rectory Hill - on the way up the road which leads up from the crossroads by Llanteg Garage towards Tavernspite.

We are planning to have the old metal well door refurbished and a plaque put there - as this well and water supply was used a lot by villagers before mains water arrived.

This project has been ongoing for a while but we've had various setbacks so far - nevertheless its still on our 'to do' list!

This is how the well door used to look before it was damaged and fell apart.

The First Mountain Chapel

The map shows the same area as the one for the Claypits (outlined in dark) - the original chapel was believed to have existed from around 1814 (as a chapel and school) and was the black square of a building shown on the triangle of land just to the right of the heavy outline - marked with green.

It went into disrepair and the new chapel was built in 1889.

It seems the triangle of land may have been incorporated into the adjoining field many years ago and no trace seems to be remaining of the old chapel.

We can have a good look once the Claypits are cleared.

Hugh James can recall 3-4ft walls there when he was a lad in the 20s.

Sometimes at Anniversary Services the members of Lanteague would go to the old chapel for part of their services.

The Claypits

Map of centre of Llanteg

The map shows the A477 before the Chapel was built on the other corner

(The road running down the map is the one off the A477 going down towards Llanteg Park)

This was a small area that was given to the village when the commons were enclosed in the 19th century.

It actually consists of two areas - one was the Claypits (for gathering clay to keep the home fires burning) and the other was a Quarry - for supplying stones for the upkeep of the parish roads.

The Claypits is now a completely overgrown area - along the side of the A477 eastwards from Mountain Chapel Gardens towards the Village Hall.

Its hoped that this area can be cleared and made a site that can once again be used by villagers.

Mountain Chapel Lanteague - Documents

Mountain Chapel

(The above picture was found on a 1993 calendar)

One of the last Trustee's when the chapel closed in 1999 was Mrs Lillian Callnon, who was then the Secretary. After her death in 2006 her daughter Carol Mason acquired papers and account books relating to the chapel and before passing them to the Record Office she has been kind enough to lend them to the History Group for me to make some notes.

Last weekend I went through one batch and yesterday collected another.

Reading through the minutes last night really brought it home to me how much the members loved their chapel - Mrs Callnon said in one place that sometimes there had been four generations of her family at services together.

From the 1970s onwards you read of their struggle to get good attendances at Anniversary Services and Carol Concerts. Their membership dwindled until it was four people - and these so afflicted with age and ill health that you could feel their distress coming through the pages. It brought the people back to life and showed how they had lived - not, as today, that most of them are just names on the grave stones.

It was such a sad day when they finally closed after the Carol Service in December 1999. All their years of trying to maintain and keep the building in good repair came to nothing, for in a few months it was being demolished.

No wonder it broke their hearts.

I'm just so glad that we've done something to try and get the chapel gardens looking something decent - they at least deserve that.

It just makes you think that maybe soon we'll be seeing the same thing happening with Crunwere Church.