Postcards from Clyro

Postcard

This is the first view you get of the church when entering the village of Clyro from the A483. It was almost totally rebuilt in 1852/3 on the site of an existing church. The only remnant of the original building is the lower part of the tower which is gently battered. The walled churchyard is more or less circular in shape, apparently an indicator of a fairly ancient site.

Postcard

This un accredited pen and ink drawing is the same view as the photograph.

Postcard

Interior view of the nave looking towards the East window.

Postcard

The stained glass of the East window

Leaflet by VAMG

This informative leaflet is by MAVG (Margaret Gill) whose name will crop up again later. The leaflet gives some detail on what the original church may have looked like and how the new one was designed and built..

Leaflet

Another leaflet by Kenneth Clew and illustrated by Ursula Cooper is a guided walk around the village with notes on the buildings and their history.

Illustration by Ursula Cooper

Image by Ursula Cooper.

Greetings Card

As well as the postcards there is this greetings card again un accredited entitled 'A view from Paradise', which is according to the guide a building in the village.  Of course the most notable interest for this church and its neighbours was the prescence of Curate Robert Kilvert who wrote a diary about rural life in the area during the 1860s. He was brought to fame in the 1930's when his diary was published. The church is full of information about him and the Kilvert Society.