St Twrog's Church, Bodwrog
St Twrog's Church, Bodwrog | |
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Province of Wales | |
Diocese | Diocese of Bangor |
Archdeaconry | Bangor |
Deanery | Malltraeth |
Parish | Llandrygarn with Bodwrog with Heneglwys with Trewalchmai with Llannerch-y-medd |
Clergy | |
Rector | Vacant since December 2000 |
St Twrog's Church is a small rural church at
The church is still used for worship by the Church in Wales, as one of seven churches in a Ministry Area. It is a Grade II* listed building, a national designation given to "particularly important buildings of more than special interest",[1] in particular because it is regarded as "a good rural late Medieval church".[2] It is built from rubble masonry with a slate roof. The interior is lit by gas lamps.
History and location
The church is in a churchyard in "a remote rural location" on
The present church dates from the time of King Henry VII (ruled 1485–1509), when a significant amount of building work took place in Wales. Some more windows were added in the 17th or 18th century, and the church was restored in the mid to late 19th century.[2] The writer Samuel Lewis recorded in 1849 that St Twrog's was attached to St Trygarn's Church, Llandrygarn, with the priest serving the two parishes residing in Llandrygarn. The church tithes had been paid to Jesus College, Oxford (who had built a "neat parsonage-house" in Llandrygarn) since 1648, Lewis said, subject to a small deduction for distribution to the poor of the parish.[8] The tithes were given to the college (which has had strong connections with Wales since its foundation in 1571) by a Dr Wynne, Chancellor of Llandaff Cathedral.[8][9]
St Twrog's is still in use for worship by the
Architecture and fittings
The church is built from
The roof dates from the 19th century and the supporting woodwork structure can be seen from inside the church.
Assessment
The church has national recognition and statutory protection from alteration as it has been designated as a Grade II*
Writing in 1862, the clergyman and antiquarian
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 1-85760-222-6.
- ^ National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ ISBN 1-84527-089-4.
- ^ Her Majesty's Stationery Office. p. 20.
- ^ "Glossary of Welsh origins of place names in Britain (A to B)". Ordnance Survey. 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
- ISBN 1-872773-73-7.
- ^ "Cash boost to restore Tudor dynasty church on Anglesey". BBC News Online. 29 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ a b Lewis, Samuel (1849). "Bôdwrog (Bôd-Twrog)". A Topographical Dictionary of Wales. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ^ "The Welsh College". Jesus College, Oxford. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ a b "Church in Wales: Benefices". Church in Wales. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
- ^ "Deanery of Malltraeth: St Twrog, Bodwrog". Church in Wales. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ Richards, Thomas (1959). "Bulkeley family, Anglesey". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-300-14169-6.
- ^ Longueville Jones, Harry (1862). "Mona Mediaeva No. XXVII". Archaeologia Cambrensis. 3rd. VIII. Cambrian Archaeological Association: 119. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
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