Crunwere Gravestone Survey 2006/2007

Where heaves the turf in many a mould'ring heap,
Each in his narrow cell for ever laid,
The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep....
The cock's shrill clarion, and the echoing horn,
No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed....
For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn,
Or busy housewife ply her evening care,
No children run to lisp their Sire's return,
Nor climb his knees the envied kiss to share
From Elergy by Thomas Gray

Gravestone Photographs
The pictures have been uploaded here:-

Zoar Chapel Graves:-
http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/I.jsp?c=cqwtkdlp.fmxc4w2x&x=0&h=1&y=-r4rb2r&localeid=en_GB

Mountain Chapel Graves:-
http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/I.jsp?c=cqwtkdlp.3amqkopd5&x=0&h=1&y=-pxlnkd&localeid=en_GB

Crunwere Church Graves:-
In/on the church - http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/I.jsp?c=cqwtkdlp.2o4rkvow9&x=0&h=1&y=-pdc0x6&localeid=en_GB
Rows A-D - http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/I.jsp?c=cqwtkdlp.2359vmo3t&x=0&h=1&y=kqnope&localeid=en_GB
Rows E-J - http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/I.jsp?c=cqwtkdlp.xbm7aukp&x=0&h=1&y=-ymhenr&localeid=en_GB
Rows K-Q - http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/I.jsp?c=cqwtkdlp.2fe9jps5l&x=0&h=1&y=od6oj9&localeid=en_GB
Rows R-S -http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/I.jsp?c=cqwtkdlp.27b4029zd&x=0&h=1&y=qkp8wh&localeid=en_GB
Rows T-U - http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/I.jsp?c=cqwtkdlp.1406fl43t&x=0&h=1&y=-8ya87j&localeid=en_GB
Row V - http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/I.jsp?c=cqwtkdlp.1rgjlbwnd&x=0&h=1&y=ujlfle&localeid=en_GB
Rows X-Z - http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/I.jsp?c=cqwtkdlp.3djhq4ts9&x=0&h=1&y=-pa5sw8&localeid=en_GB

Or if you want to see the whole lot together go to:-
http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/I.jsp?c=cqwtkdlp.h947nb61&x=0&h=1&y=-5qwy62&localeid=en_GB

Sorry but if you want details of the names etc you'll have to get our booklet for £3. Its not that we're trying to make money - just that the way we've collected the information doesn't allow us to upload it here.

With the grant from PAVS expiring on 21st January 2008 we managed to finish the work with just days to spare, due mainly to bad weather and illness.

The survey consisted of a photograph of each grave (296 in total in the parish church and two chapels). We then made out a sheet for each grave and used codes (taken from Harold Mytum's book) to categorise the styles of gravestone. We also collected the verses off the stones.

The names and dates of those buried had been collected previously and published in our Burial Booklet.

One copy of the survey has been sent to Harold Mytum of Liverpool University as he is doing research into Pembrokeshire gravestone styles.

Another has been deposited at the Record Office, Haverfordwest.

We will be keeping the original photographs and one copy for ourselves.

We will also be giving copies of the relevent sections to Rev'd Geach (for Crunwere Church), Amroth Community Council (for Mountain Chapel) and E.C.Thomas & Sons (for Zoar Chapel of Rest).

Thanks to Ruth and Andy Webb, who, together with John Lewis-Tunster, took all the photographs and also to Ruth Webb who collected the verses off the gravestones. Ruth Roberts put the files together and stuck in all the photographs (which were all ordered via Kodak over the internet and delivered very promptly).

Ruth and Andy managed to decipher some gravestones that we had previously marked as ‘illegible’ in our earlier Grave Booklet and even managed to find three ‘new’ gravestones – which is another story!