Ilston part one
The village of Ilston, is situated in the wooded valley. Within the village is the parish church, St. Illtyds.
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| St. Illtyds church |
St. Illtyds church which derives from a 6th century monastic cell. This cell in time was replaced by a wooden Celtic oratory, and then after the Norman conquest was replaced by a stone church. The present church ddating to the decades of 1220s and 1230s, when John de Broes, Lord of Gower present the church to the Knight Templar.
Situated in the churchyard, is a massive yew tree, which is
supposed the same age as the original church.
Yew trees were important during the pre-Christian times, as
they were planted at Bronze Age burial sites.
Ilston plays an important in the development of the Baptist
movement, with the first meeting taking place near the ruins of the old Trinity
well, the site of a pre-Reformation chapel.
It was during 1649, when the “Cromwellian church” was founded under the
Calvinistic leadership of John Myles.
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| Francis Kilvert |
During the 19th century, the diarist and cleric, Francis Kilvert visited and stayed at Ilston rectory.
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