Trefeglwys / Treveglwys / Treveglos

The RCAHM (Montgomery, 1911) informs that this church was re-built in 1863, and only the bells and some oak supports were retained from the old building: "The font is modern, and the fate of the old one is not known". The CPAT survey entry for this church [www.cpat.demon.co.uk/projects/longer/churches/montgom/16964.htm] [accessed 11 October 2011] notes: "The church was founded by Bleddrws in the second quarter of the 12thC, when it was referred to as a 'monasterium', perhaps indicating some monastic link. It has been suggested that an earlier cemetery perhaps existed on the site prior to the foundation of the church and that the churchyard was enlarged to enhance the status of the new church. [...] The church is recorded in the Norwich Taxation of 1254 as 'Ecclesia de Treveglos' at a value of 13s 4d. [...] The church was rebuilt on the foundations of the old church by Poundley and Walker in 1864-5."