St Tegai’s Church, Llandygai

St Tegai's Church

Date

29 February 2012

Location

Llandygai, Gwynedd

Information

Llandygai, located just outside the boundary walls of the grounds of Penrhyn Castle, was developed by the Penrhyn family in the 18th century as a model village for its estate workers. St Tegai had established a church there in the 6th century and the present building dates back to the 14th century. The church was restored and extended in 1853 by diocesan architect Henry Kennedy.

Inside the church there is a marble monument to Richard Pennant, first Baron Penrhyn, and in the churchyard is the tomb of Benjamin Wyatt, Pennant’s agent for the Penrhyn estate.

St Tegai’s Church (The Church in Wales);
St Tegai’s Church, Llandegai (Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales)

St Tegai's Church

Benjamin Wyatt's tomb

Within this TOMB
Are Deposited the Mortal Remains of
SARAH Wife of BENJAMIN WYATT
of LIME GROVE in this Parish ESQ:,
Formerly of WEEFORD in the CO: of STAFFORD.
And Brother of the late JAMES WYATT ESQre.
his Majesty’s Surveyor General:
She was the Daughter of William and Elisbth. Ford
of Burton upon Trent;
and Died, as She had Lived, a fond and Ever anxious
Parent, Cherishing, with Christian Piety & Humility,
the Hope of a Blessed Resurrection.
April 28 1815, AGED 65 Years.

HERE Also Lieth Entombed the Body of the Said BENJAMIN
WYATT, who, for Upwards of Thirty Years, was Chief Agent to
The PENRHYN ESTATES in this COUNTY:
Distinguished by an Able, Faithful, and Honourable Discharge of
His Stewardship; by that Solidity of Judgement, Strictness of Inegrity,
Modesty of Deportment, Benevolence of Heart, and Complacency
of Temper; which Entitle a Man to Esteem and Reverence,
by that Humility which Marks the True Servant of Christ and by
That Piety which Alone can Sustain the Hope of Everlasting Life:
He Died Jany: 5, 1818, AGED 73 Years.