Lavernock Church

muba, on April 24, 2007, said:

This little church sits at the end of a lane almost on its own.

davidgriff, on January 18, 2009, said:

Although I was born only a few miles from the church, I haven't been there for more than 40 years and my memory has faded somewhat.

What I do remember is that there was a plaque somewhere in that area supposedly marking the spot of Marconi's first radio transmission over water. I wonder if that is the plaque at the left of the photo?

muba, on January 18, 2009, said:

David, it could well be the plaque. From Wikipedia: In 1948, to mark the 50th anniversary of the experiments, a bronze plaque was unveiled by the Cardiff Rotary Club inside the courtyard of the recently closed church of St.Lawrence, Lavernock, commemorating the historic radio transmissions over nine miles (14 km) of open sea. The small stone hut that Marconi used to contain his experimental radio telegraph equipment still stands on the cliff edge at the end of the lane near Lower Cosmeston farmhouse.

cheers and thanks for looking :)

robdoc, on September 29, said:

I can confirm the plaque IS the Marconi plaque.