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Key Image Eglwys y Santes Fair/St Mary’s Church
Church Lane
LL61 5YH Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
United Kingdom
Denomination: Anglican
Congregation: Bro Dwynwen (Esgobaeth Bangor/Diocese of Bangor, Archdeaconry of Bangor, Synod Ynys Môn)
Geogr. Coordinates: 53.21771° N, 4.19264° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1853
Architectural style: Gothic Revival
Building type: Single-nave church
Description: Single-nave village church of the Gothic Revival style, bell tower at the south west end over the entrance
Name derivation: From Mary, the mother of Jesus
Building material
  • Exterior walls containing locally quarried blue slate
Font
  • Granite font (1851)
Windows
  • West window with biblical scenes (1876)
  • East window depicting Jesus and the Twelve Apostles (1876)
  • Window to commemorate the training ship “Infatigable” (1995)
History:
1852:   Demolishion of the medieval predecessor church, which according to a report in 1847 still featured parts of the original building erected before the Anglo-Norman conquest of Wales
14/09/1853:   Consecration by the bishop of Bangor
Important persons:
Patron:  Mary (c. 22 BCE – c. 48 CE, mother of Jesus [featured article])
Sources
Looms, R. R.: The Parish Church of St. Mary, Llanfair P. G., Llanfair P. G. 1979
Wikipedia: St Mary's Church, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary's_Church,_Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, retrieved 15/06/2018
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