Latitude: 51.672 / 51°40'19"N
Longitude: -3.801 / 3°48'3"W
OS Eastings: 275559
OS Northings: 198564
OS Grid: SS755985
Mapcode National: GBR H3.5SRR
Mapcode Global: VH5GN.27FK
Plus Code: 9C3RM5CX+RJ
Entry Name: Monument in churchyard of St Cattwg
Listing Date: 26 November 2003
Last Amended: 26 November 2003
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 82089
Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
ID on this website: 300082089
Location: Situated adjacent to path running from SW churchyard gate to church.
County: Neath Port Talbot
Town: Neath
Community: Blaenhonddan
Community: Blaenhonddan
Locality: Cadoxton-Juxta-Neath
Built-Up Area: Neath
Traditional County: Glamorgan
Tagged with: Monument
Monument of 1823 to murder victim, Margaret Williams.
Stone monument with tapered sides and gabled top, flat front with finely lettered long inscription describing murder of Margaret Williams with much use of enlarged lettering for emphasis. Inscription reads
'1823 To record MURDER this stone was erected over the body of Margaret Williams aged 26 a native of Carmarthenshire living in service in this parish who was found dead with marks of violence upon her person in a ditch on the marsh below this churchyard on the morning of Sunday the fourteenth of July 1822. - Although THE SAVAGE MURDERER escaped for a season the detection of man yet GOD HATH SET HIS MARK UPON HIM either for time or eternity and THE CRY OF BLOOD will assuredly pursue him to certain and terrible but righteous JUDGEMENT'.
Included for its special historic interest as a very unusual C19 memorial with instructive and preventive purpose, and for quality of carved lettering.
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