Skenfrith, Monmouthshire - St. Bridget's Church - RP postcard by Wilson 1966 pm

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  • Picture / Image:  St. Bridget's Church, Skenfrith - real photo
  • Publisher: D.C. Wilson, Hereford
  • Postally used: yes
  • Stamp:  3 x 1d blue
  • Postmark(s): Abergavenny 1966
  • Sent to:  Miss Sackett, Tudor Lodge, Greenway Lane, Bath
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Skenfrith (Welsh: Ynysgynwraidd) is a small village in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales. It is located on the River Monnow, close to the border between Wales and England, about 6 miles (9.7 km) north-west of Monmouth. The road through the village (B4521) was once the A40, linking Ross-on-Wye and Abergavenny.

The Welsh placename Ynysgynwraidd, from which the English name derives, means "island of Cynfraeth", possibly a local 6th century leader.

Skenfrith Castle is one of the Three (or 'trilateral') Castles – with Grosmont Castle and White Castle – built in the area after the Norman conquest by Marcher Lords to subjugate and dominate this part of the turbulent Welsh Marches into the medieval period. The castle was substantially rebuilt by Hubert de Burgh between 1219 and 1223, but by 1538 it was abandoned and in ruins.

The Church of St Bridget (or St Bride) lies at the north end of the village of Skenfrith, Monmouthshire, Wales. It is an active parish church and a Grade I listed building. The church is dedicated to St Brigit (Welsh: Sant Ffraid), to whom 17 churches are dedicated across the country.

The church is medieval in origin, with the earliest parts believed to date from the reign of King John (1166–1216).^[1] It was extended in the fourteenth and again in the sixteenth century, sympathetically restored in 1896 and again in 1909–10.^[2]The dedication is to St Bridget.^[3]

Services are held at the church every Sunday at 9.15.^[4] As of August 2017 the church was without an incumbent priest-in-charge.^[5]