A history of Kidwelly . ated, both by reason of exposure to the elementsin Puritanical times, and rough handling. The head ofthe child is gone, as well as the left arm of the of the birds and a section of the lower part are alsowanting. Still, sufficient is left to give a fairly accurateidea of its pristine beauty. It was once lodged in theniche above the door of the south porch, where, withinliving memory, women curtsied to it on entering andleaving the church. From this position, however, itwas taken down in the year 1875, seemingly to thechagrin of many of the parishioners, and w
A history of Kidwelly . ated, both by reason of exposure to the elementsin Puritanical times, and rough handling. The head ofthe child is gone, as well as the left arm of the of the birds and a section of the lower part are alsowanting. Still, sufficient is left to give a fairly accurateidea of its pristine beauty. It was once lodged in theniche above the door of the south porch, where, withinliving memory, women curtsied to it on entering andleaving the church. From this position, however, itwas taken down in the year 1875, seemingly to thechagrin of many of the parishioners, and was cursorilyburied in the churchyard, whence it was, on remon-strance, again unearthed and placed in the tower. Itis now in the sacristy awaiting restoration. Its originalposition would seem to have been the niche in the wallon the south side of the east end of the nave, where itproudly stood beneath the rood-loft, and above theapproach to the spiral rood-stairs. * ^Arch. Camb., Series IV., Vol. vii., p. 412. PLATES b t,
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