Cillybebyl Church Bonus Cache
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The co ordinates above are for the church, the cache is not far
away.
To get the final co ords, you will have to visit, Cilybebyll 1, the
Lodge and Cilybebyll 2 Kissing gate number 5.Inside these micro
caches are letter and number clues for final location.The cache is
a small cliplock box in a cammo bag, with log book pencil some
trades and room for small T/B’s and Coins The final location
is at N51°43.ABC. W003°49.DEF. History of Cilybebyll Kilybebill -
Extract from "A Topographical Dictionary of Wales" by Samuel Lewis
1833 "KILYBEBILL (CIL BEBYLL), a parish, comprising the Upper and
Lower divisions, in the hundred of NEATH, county of GLAMORGAN,
SOUTH WALES, 4 1/2, miles (N.) from Neath, and containing 398
inhabitants, of which number, 122 are in the Upper, and 276 in the
Lower, division. This parish, the name of which signifies "the
retreat of the tents," is situated in a pleasant glen, opening at
its southern extremity into the Vale of Neath, and is separated
from the parish of Llanguicke by the river Tawy, over which is a
handsome stone bridge of one arch, called Pont ar Dawe, constructed
by the self-taught architect of Pont y Prydd : the span of the arch
is about eighty feet, and the whole structure, though inferior in
its dimensions to Pont y Prydd, is superior to it in the beauty of
its architecture. Kilybebill Place, the ancient seat of the family
of Herbert, now the property of H. Leach, Esq., has been so
completely modernized and greatly improved by its present
proprietor, as scarcely to retain any vestige of its ancient
character : the grounds are well disposed, and the house commands a
good view of the sea and of the abrupt knolls and eminences near
Briton Ferry. One of the ladies of the family of Herbert was maid
of honour to Catherine of Braganza, consort of Charles II., and was
afterwards appointed mistress of the robes to that queen, who
presented her with one of the only two portraits of her majesty,
painted by Sir Peter Lely, which is still preserved in the house.
The parish is comprised in the vast mineral basin of South Wales,
and great quantities of coal are shipped from the port of Swansea
to different parts of the kingdom, by means of the Swansea canal,
to which are railways from the various works in this district. This
coal is raised by level, and, by an ingenious contrivance of Mr.
Branton of London, the machinery possesses a material advantage
over that in common use : this is effected by a small wheel
circumscribing the drum, round which the cord is coiled in a
contrary direction to the smaller ; and, by attaching the full
trams to one end of the lower cord, and those at the pit's mouth to
the end of the upper cord, the former are drawn over a level of
four hundred yards, while the others descend an inclined plane
double that length, the diameters of the wheels being respectively
in proportion. The living is a discharged rectory, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of Llandaf, rated in the king's books at
£4. 6. 8., endowed with £200 parliamentary grant, and in the
patronage of the King, as Prince of Wales. The church, dedicated to
St. John the Evangelist, is a small plain building, with a massive
square embattled tower. There are places of worship for Baptists
and Methodists. The late Mrs. Herbert bequeathed £ 5 per annum,
which is regularly paid by Mr. Leach to the poor of this and the
adjoining parish of Llanguicke. On the hill called March Hywel are
several tumuli, on opening one of which a platform of stone was
found, exhibiting strong appearances of the action of fire ; and on
one side of it was an urn of unbaked clay, containing ashes,
remnants of bones, and charcoal, as fresh apparently as when first
deposited. Celts, and a weapon of yellow metal, supposed to be a
Roman sword, have also been found here. The average annual
expenditure for the support of the poor is £ 100. 10." B>
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