St. Tewdric’s Well
St. Tewdric’s Well is a historic site in Mathern, Monmouthshire, Wales. St. Tewdric’s Well is situated nearby to St Tewdric’s Church, as well as near the pub Millers Arms.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Tewdric’s Church and Moynes Court.
St Tewdric’s Church
Church
Photo: Ruth Sharville, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Tewdric's Church is a Church in Wales parish church in Mathern, Monmouthshire, Wales. It is purportedly built over the resting place of Saint Tewdrig for whom it is named. St Tewdric’s Church is situated 940 feet south of St. Tewdric’s Well.
Moynes Court
Castle
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Moynes Court is a Grade II* listed building in the village of Mathern, Monmouthshire, Wales, about 3 miles south west of Chepstow. An earlier building was rebuilt as a private residence by Francis Godwin, Bishop of Llandaff, in about 1609/10, and much of the building remains from that period. Moynes Court is situated 1,200 feet southwest of St. Tewdric’s Well.
St Pierre
Church
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St Pierre is a former parish and hamlet in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, 3 miles south west of Chepstow and adjacent to the Severn Estuary. It is now the site of a large golf and country club, the Marriott St Pierre Hotel & Country Club, which was previously a large manor house and deer park belonging to the Lewis family. St Pierre is situated 3,300 feet southwest of St. Tewdric’s Well.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pwllmeyric and Beachley.
Pwllmeyric
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pwllmeyric is a small village in Monmouthshire, Wales, located 1 mile south west of Chepstow, on the A48 road within the parish of Mathern. The name Pwllmeyric means, in Welsh, "Meurig's pool" and refers to the pwll or creek of the Severn estuary which, before it silted up, linked the village to the sea.
Beachley
Hamlet
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Beachley is a village in Gloucestershire, England, near the border with Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located on a peninsula at the confluence of the rivers Wye and Severn, where the Severn Bridge ends and the smaller secondary bridge over the River Wye begins, both bridges carrying the M48 motorway between England and Wales though the motorway is not directly accessible from the village. Beachley is situated 1½ miles east of St. Tewdric’s Well.
Chepstow
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Chepstow is an ancient market town and former port situated on the River Wye in South Wales a short distance upstream from where the Wye and Severn rivers merge.
St. Tewdric’s Well
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Inscription: “By tradition at this spring King Tewdric’s wounds were washed after the battle near Tintern about 470 A.D. against the Pagan Saxons. He died a short way off and by his wishes a church was built over his grave (now Mathern Church).”
- Categories: tourism and historic site
- Location: Mathern, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.61729° or 51° 37′ 2″ northLongitude
-2.69065° or 2° 41′ 26″ westOpen location code
9C3VJ885+WPOpenStreetMap ID
node 9854278331OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Millers Arms and Mathern Village Hall.
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