St Tegai’s Church, Llandygai

St Tegai's Church

Date	29 February 2012
Location	Llandygai, Gwynedd	SH 60079 70986; 53.21744°N, 4.09701°W
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

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.

Benjamin Wyatt's tomb