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There is a long tradition of choral singing at the cathedral and music forms an important part in its life. The cathedral choir consists of three separate groups of singers: boys and girl choristers and adults, providing alto, tenor and bass parts. The choir sings at Sunday services and at Evensong
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The pre-Reformation roofs of the cathedral have been tree-ring dated by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW) for the National Dendrochronology Project, see primary reference number 220468 on the RCAHMW Coflein website. There are also digital images of the
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Above, the rounded clerestory windows would once have let in daylight, but are now internal windows since the aisles to north and south were rebuilt with higher roofs in the Perpendicular style of the 15th century, with characteristically pointed flatter and wider windows. While the principal aim
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in Welsh, meaning 'new castle') grew near the castle and river. St Gwynllyw's church remained prominent on its hill-top in a rural location, well outside the town boundaries and its defensive gates. It retained its status as the parish church of Newport due to its prestige. In the late nineteenth
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and Cattwg have also been suggested. More recently, it has been suggested that they were intended to be understood on two levels as the scenes may have echoes both in the Bible and in the lives of the two saints honoured at this site. The style of the hair and tunics on the figures on the north
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There is potential for confusion over the name of the cathedral. Known locally as 'St Woolos', corrupted from the Welsh name 'Gwynllyw', the Latin version 'Gundleus' was often used in official documents. Historians sometimes favour the original 'Gwynllyw', up to the present day. More recently,
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Sculpture. There are some remains of paint on parts of the portal, and it was almost certainly fully painted originally. The site of the archway may well mark the site of an opening to an earlier, smaller chancel, perhaps ending in an apse, before the major extension of the church took place.
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style with round-headed arches, favoured by the Normans. Instead of building this new church directly on the original site of Gwynllyw's church, it was built to the east, but attached to it, respecting the sanctity of the original site and indicating of the strength of the cult of Gwynllyw.
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It is from St Mary's chapel that we first view the chief glory of the cathedral – the wonderful twelfth-century Romanesque portal with its characteristic zig-zag chevron motifs framing the iconic view of the main body of the cathedral. The outer order of decoration is derived from
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The cathedral is usually approached from the west door, so the visitor moves from the west towards the east end, passing through the tower, then St Mary's chapel and through the Romanesque portal to the larger church beyond and finally to the twentieth-century eastern extensions.
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In the north wall of the chancel there is a low thirteenth-century window relocated from the earlier chancel. Tradition asserts that this was a window for lepers to watch services (and in its original position would have been near the ground), but this purpose is not certain.
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and elsewhere. Some regard his design as rather lacking in originality, but it does harmonise with the medieval fabric of the cathedral and the scale of the windows provide plenty of light. More controversial aspects are provided at the east end by
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It became a cathedral in 1949 and while it is the size of a large parish church rather than a typical cathedral, its history and development from the sixth to the twentieth century make it arguably one of the most interesting religious buildings in
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Low down on the south side of the chapel, a curious medieval octagonal window has been cut into the fabric which is believed to have been relocated here in 1913 when the south porch (now the cathedral shop) of the main building was remodelled.
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Towards the west end of the chapel is a splendid Victorian reconstruction of a Romanesque font based on a surviving fragment of the original which has been incorporated in the later work. The shaft and base of the font look medieval.
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The capitals are of Roman Composite type and, if they were indeed also originally Roman, they have been recut. Over generations, scholars have debated what the scenes represent. They were thought to be Biblical scenes – the
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on a Wednesday, as well as at other special services. The repertoire ranges from the seventeenth century to the twenty-first century. The cathedral is also a popular venue for musical and other artistic performances.
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attempts for it to be known as Newport Cathedral have only been partially successful. There is also a mismatch between the name of the diocese as 'Monmouth' and the cathedral located in Newport.
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The most unusual elements are the columns and capitals incorporated in the archway. The columns are definitely Roman in origin and perhaps brought from the Roman Legionary Fortress nearby at
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built the first castle in Newport in the late eleventh century or early twelfth century, close to Gwynllyw's church, which would itself have been rebuilt by then, probably in stone.
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To enter St Mary's chapel, which now links the tower with the main body of the cathedral, we pass through a modern glass screen engraved with representations of St
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in favour of democratic rights which centred on Newport on 4 November 1839, at least 22 people were shot by a party of the 45th Regiment of Foot in front of the
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for centuries right up to the twentieth century. He was rewarded with important local positions for supporting the seizure of the English crown by
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round arches rising from massive columnar piers on each side – a grand 12th century architectural scheme, but with rather less decoration than the
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here was to increase the capacity of the church, it might also have been a reaction to fire damage caused during an attack of followers of
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he Cathedral website has an account (May 2020) by the former Dean, Lister Tonge, on the commissioning of the Cathedral Rood, see
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A much greater transformation took place at the site in the later twelfth century when a large new church was built in the
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The most recent assessments of the origins of the columns and the capitals appear in two published articles.><
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traditions. He was the husband of St Gwladys and their son was one of the greatest of all Welsh saints and scholars,
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Thurlby, Malcolm. 2018. Observations on Romanesque Architecture and Sculpture in the Diocese of Monmouth in
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in 1402, in his attempt to re-establish an independent Wales. Supporting this theory is a tree-ring date (
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St Gwynllyw with St Gwladys and St Cattwg fancifully depicted in a 19th-century window in the south aisle
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The great Romanesque portal leading from St Mary's Chapel to the main body of the cathedral to the east
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See reference DO 3308 on the National Pipe Organ Register of the British Institute of Organ Studies.
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portal we have come through. This work was carried out under the patronage of the great abbey of
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who may have funded its construction. He had strong Welsh connections and was the uncle of
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For a discussion of the patronage and construction of the tower, see Corten, A.G. 2013.
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holding up his church in memory of Noel Morris, who died in 1967 and was the son of
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See Section 28, ‘Of the death of Gwynllyw’, Vita Cadoci in Wade-Evans. 1944. A.W,
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Meurig, Owen. 2013. Ancient Cathedrals of Wales: Their Story and Music. Pwllheli
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The organist and choirmaster is Thomas Coxhead, who was appointed in 2024.
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St Mary's Chapel looking towards the east with the font in the foreground
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century the church become surrounded by the western suburbs of Newport.
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Freeman E. A. (1851). "On architectural antiquities in Monmouthshire".
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Morgan, C. O. S. (1885). "St Woollos Church' Newport, Monmouthshire".
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The tower dates from the fifteenth century and is built in the later
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The tower contains a ring of 13 bells, the largest ring of bells in
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In 2018, the title of the post was changed to Dean of Newport.
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The earlier chancel of the cathedral, regarded at the time as
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The view from the roof of the tower of St Woolos Cathedral
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Memorial to those shot during the Chartist uprising, 1839
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which had rights over St Woolos before the Diocese of
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in the north side of St Mary's Chapel, the glass is
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Charles Green
Gilbert Joyce
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Edwin Morris
Eryl Thomas
Derrick Childs
Clifford Wright
Rowan Williams
Dominic Walker
Richard Pain
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Archdeaconry
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