Tintern, Monmouthshire - the village, River Wye - postcard c.1920s

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• Picture / Image:  Tintern Village - on the River Wye, Monmouthshire
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Tintern (Welsh: Tyndyrn) is a village on the west bank of the River Wye in Monmouthshire, Wales, close to the border with England, about 5 miles north of Chepstow. It is popular with tourists, who visit for the natural scenery and the ruined Tintern Abbey.

The modern settlement of Tintern has been formed through the coalescence of two historic villages, previously separate parishes - Tintern Parva, forming the northern end of the village and Chapel Hill which forms the southern end. The village is designated as a Conservation Area.^[1]

A ford across the navigable and tidal River Wye was in use in Roman times, close to the site of the abbey. After the withdrawal of the Romans from Wales, the kingdom of Gwent emerged, and, according to tradition, in the 6th century one of their kings, Tewdrig, came out of retirement as a Tintern hermit to defeat the invading Saxons in battle, perhaps at a site known today as Pont y Saison (Bridge of the Saxons) in the Angiddy Valley.^[2] The name Tintern may derive from the Welsh din + d/teyrn, meaning ""rocks of the king"".^[3]

Tintern Abbey was founded beside the river by Walter de Clare on May 9, 1131, during the reign of King Henry I. It was the second Cistercian foundation in Britain, and its monks came from a daughter house of Cîteaux in France.

The present-day remains at Tintern are a mixture of building works covering several centuries. Between 1270 and 1301 the abbey was rebuilt, and when it was completed around four hundred monks lived in the complex. The abbey's land was divided into agricultural units or granges, and local people provided farm labour and served the abbey and its many visitors. For 400 years, it dominated the economy of its surrounding area. During some of this period the area was contested between the Welsh and English, the closest battle being won in 1404 by Owain Glyndwr, at Craig y Dorth near Monmouth. The area also had to contend with the Black Death, and it is suspected

Though it has been suggested that the monks or lay brethren of Tintern Abbey exploited the woodlands and river power for operating iron forges, evidence of this is lacking. Industrial activity began in 1568 when the newly established Company of Mineral and Battery Works built wireworks. It is possible that brass was made,^[4] but the works mainly made iron wire. This was used for a wide variety of industries with essential goods: cards for the woollen industry, nails, pins, knitting needles and fish hooks. The site was convenient, because the Wye offered transportation, the Angiddy stream water power, trees in nearby woods charcoal fuel and a ready supply of minerals in the locality. The company began letting their works. Farmers of the works in the 17th century included Sir Basil Brooke, Thomas Foley, the important ironmaster and his son Thomas Foley.^[5] A blast furnace and forges were built in the valley in the 17th century and operated with the wireworks until the end of the 18th century.^[6]

For 300 years, the numerous works and forges along the Angiddy Valley dominated the village and surrounding communities. A branch railway line connecting the works with the Wye Valley Railway by way of a bridge was completed in 1875, but by then the works for which it was built had gone out of business. All the works had closed by 1880, but several associated ponds, leats and culverts still remain visible.^[2][7] After being used in the early 20th century as a horse-drawn tramway, the bridge now carries a footpath.^[8] Tintern railway station, which was along the Wye Valley Railway was a few minutes walk from the village.^[9]

By the late 18th century, tourism had started in the Wye Valley, with many visitors travelling on the river to see the abbey and other ""picturesque"" sites in the area. William Wordsworth stayed in the village in 1798 and wrote Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey.^[10] The completion of the new turnpike road (now the A466) in the valley in 1822, and the arrival of the Wye Valley Railway in the 1870s,^[11] greatly increased the number of visitors, and tourism became the main stay of Tintern's economy and remains so today.^[12] The Royal George Hotel is one of several located beside the main road.

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=wales

county/ country=monmouthshire

number of items=single

period=inter-war (1918 - 1939)

postage condition=unposted