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Holy Trinity Church stands on the banks of the River Teifi in Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, West Wales. <br><br>
Built in 1842 the Church
has had a troubled history due to defects in the structure of the
building. It was extensively repaired in the early 20th Century and yet
seventy years on the tower had again fallen into disrepair with severe
decay in the stonework and general cracking. A cage of invisible,
drilled anchors in conjunction with careful stonework repairs gave it a
new lease of life.<br><br>
The churchyard contains an interesting memorial to a young soldier. <br><br>
During the Rebecca Riots of 1843 the 4th Light Dragoons were sent from Carmarthen to quell the
uprising and were quartered in the Workhouse. They
had very little to do and some of them decided to go
swimming in the River Teify. <br><br> One of the soldiers, an
Irishman decided on having a dip in the notorious
Pwll Deio William (first pool downstream from the
bridge) which had a sinister reputation. It was said
that strange undercurrents and very cold springs
made it very dangerous to swim across. Anyway, the
Irishman dived in off a tree on the Cardiganshire side
of the river and was never seen alive again. Several
attempts were made to try and locate him and
eventually, <br><br>
John Jones, a local boy dived in found the
body and brought it to the surface, alas too late.
The young soldier was given a military funeral by his
comrades, watched in awe by the local folk as an
event like this had never ever been seen before in
Newcastle Emlyn. <br><br>
His comrades were going to erect a monument to him
in Holy Trinity Churchyard but sadly they were
called away to other duties.
They entrusted the work to David Davies, Master of
the workhouse where they were billeted and he carried out their request.
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