St Llibio's Church, Llanllibio
St Llibio's Church, Llanllibio | |
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Location in Anglesey | |
53°18′20″N 4°30′30″W / 53.305590°N 4.508232°W | |
OS grid reference | SH331816 |
Location | near Bodedern, Anglesey |
Country | Wales, United Kingdom |
Previous denomination | Church of England |
History | |
Status | Chapel of ease |
Founded | 6th century |
Founder(s) | Llibio |
Dedication | Llibio |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Demolished |
Closed | 17th century |
St Llibio's Church, Llanllibio is a demolished church in
Plans in the nineteenth century to rebuild the church, which was in ruins by 1776, came to nothing. Except for a memorial stone, nothing more than "tiny traces" of St Llibio's can now be seen.[1]
Early history
St Llibio's was the church for
The parish was on the old road between London and the Anglesey port town of
St Llibio's was used as a chapel of ease to the Church of St Afran, St Ieuan and St Sannan, Llantrisant, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) away.[5]
Closure
St Llibio's was closed in the seventeenth century, and the church at Llantrisant was enlarged to accommodate worshippers from Llanllibio. By 1776 St Llibio's was in ruins.[1] According to Angharad Llwyd, a historian of Anglesey writing in 1833, the inhabitants of the area attended worship at St Edern's Church, Bodedern. She noted that Wynne Jones, the rector of Llantrisant, hoped to rebuild the church, but that did not happen.[5]
A survey in 1937 by the
References
- ^ ISBN 1-84527-089-4.
- ^ Carr, pp. 12–14.
- ^ Carr, p. 18.
- ^ Carr, pp. 15–16.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-872773-73-5.
- ^ a b Williams, Robert (1852). Enwogion Cymru: A biographical dictionary of eminent Welshmen, from the earliest times to the present, and including every name connected with the ancient history of Wales. W. Rees. p. 279. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
- ^ a b Baring-Gould, Sabine (1907). The lives of the British Saints: the Saints of Wales and Cornwall and such Irish Saints as have dedications in Britain. Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. p. 375. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
- BBC Wales. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
- Her Majesty's Stationery Office. p. 108.
Bibliography
- Carr, Antony (2011). Medieval Anglesey. Studies in Anglesey History (2nd ed.). Anglesey Antiquarian Society. ISBN 978-0-9568769-0-4.
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