St Mary's Church, Cardiff

Coordinates: 51°28′39″N 3°10′40″W / 51.4775°N 3.1779°W / 51.4775; -3.1779
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St Mary's Church
Anglican
History
StatusChurch (former)
Founded1107
Architecture
Functional status
  • Abandoned (c. 1701)
  • Demolished
Closedc. 1701
Demolished1701 (Ruins)

St Mary's Church (

St. Mary's Street
, from 1107 until 1620. After severe flood damage it was abandoned in 1701 and later replaced at a different location in 1843.

Early history

St Mary's was founded as a

river erosion.[2] Even after stabilising the foundations, bodies from burials would regularly be washed down the river. The abbey withdrew the monks in 1211.[3]

Destruction

In 1607, the area of

Bristol Channel floods washed away much of St Mary's foundations[5]
and it slowly began to collapse.

In 1620, the decision was made to make St John's the main parish church, which was originally just a chapel of ease. The two churches were worked as one parish, with all burials and some services continuing at St Mary's.

In 1638, the

Presbyterian chapel).[6]

By 1678, with evidence from the visit of Francis Place and later essays from the Celtic scholar Edward Lhuyd, both described St Mary's as being in ruins. The tower collapsed in 1680[2] and the last recorded burial in the churchyard took place in 1698.[3] The last service was held in a roofless ruin in 1701, after which St Mary's was abandoned.[2]

Replacement and later developments

In 1843,

Thomas Foster of Bristol. The east end (by J. D. Sedding) was added in 1884, later enlarged in 1907. Wall paintings decorate the chancel arch.[8] The church is a Grade II listed building.[9][10]

The River Taff was diverted in 1850 (by Isambard Kingdom Brunel) to create a site to build the Cardiff Central railway station, also resulting in the creation of Westgate Street.

The Theatre Royal (later the

public house. The outline of a Gothic church was included on one wall of the theatre, denoting its location on the St Mary's church site.[11]

Gallery

  • The outline of a Gothic church on The Prince of Wales pub, which gives a nod to the nearby site of St Mary's
    The outline of a Gothic church on The Prince of Wales pub, which gives a nod to the nearby site of St Mary's
  • Church of St Mary and St Stephen, Bute Street
    Church of St Mary and St Stephen, Bute Street

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cardiff St. Mary". Cardiff. Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2013. Genuki quotes from The Old Parish Churches of Gwent, Glamorgan & Gower (1991), by Mike Salter.
  2. ^
    BBC Wales
    . Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "Timeline". Cardiffians.co.uk. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Anniversary of 1607 killer wave". BBC News. 30 January 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  5. ^ Jenkins, William L. (1854). A History of the Town and Castle of Cardiff. Charles Wakeford. pp. 31–33. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  6. ^ "Trinity Chapel". ancestry.com. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  7. ^ "Bute". peterfinch.co.uk. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  8. ^ "St Mary the Virgin & St Stephen the Martyr Church, Bute Street (14227)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  9. ^ "Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin and St Stephen the Martyr, including forecourt wall and railings, Butetown". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  10. National Historic Assets of Wales
    . Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  11. ^ "The extraordinary stories of the theatre turned sex cinema which is now one of Wales' best known pubs". Wales Online. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2018.

External links

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