Some Captured History of Glanamman and GarnantOther Areas: St Catherine's Church, BrynammanSt. Catherine's Church, Brynamman c.1906. Saint Catherine's Church at Brynamman was the first daughter church to be built in Cwmamman Parish after the main church was built at Garnant in 1842. St. Catherine's Church was built on land which was once part of Cwmnantymoel Farm in 1882, by Balcombe & Price of Pembroke Dock. The architects were Edwin Henry Lingen Barker (Hereford) and John Hay (Liverpool). The consecration of St Catherine's Church took place on Friday the 15th of July, 1881, by the Right Reverend William Basil Jones; Lord Bishop of St Davids. The first vicar of Brynamman Church was Rev. David Griffiths. Eight years later, by order of the Church Council dated the 6th of April, 1889, all of that part of Llangadock Parish which had previously become part of Cwmamman Parish became the new Parish of Brynamman. St. Catherine's then became the parish church. Cwmllynfell and contiguous areas became part of Brynamman Parish on the 9th of March, 1905. On Wednesday, the 10th of July, 1940, a fierce air battle
took place between British fighter aircraft and German enemy bombers
over the English Channel. Over 150 planes were involved and between
400 and 500 bombs were dropped on English towns along the channel.
Fourteen enemy planes were shot down and twenty three were severely
damaged. Some of the escaping enemy aircraft headed in the direction
of South Wales, pursued by British fighter planes. Bombs were dropped
over Welsh towns, with one community suffering nine deaths. Information for this page was taken from "A Brief Survey of the Ecclesistical Parish of Cwmamman", by Rev. Tudor O. Hughes, B.A.; Vicar of Cwmamman, which was published for the centenary of Cwmamman Parish Church. Other sources include a sermon by Rev Adrian Teal to mark the 50th anniversary of the Bombing of St. Margaret's Churchyard on 10th July, 1990. |