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Key Image Eglwys Sant Tysilio/St Tysilio’s Church
Church Island
LL59 5EP Porthaethwy/Menai Bridge
United Kingdom
Denomination: Anglican
Congregation: (Esgobaeth Bangor/Diocese of Bangor, Archdeaconry of Bangor, Synod Ynys Môn)
Geogr. Coordinates: 53.22245° N, 4.17131° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1450
Architectural style: Gothic
Building type: Single-nave church
Description: Small aisle-less Gothic church
Name derivation: From St Tysilio
Altar
  • Reredos with The Lord’s Prayer and The Creed (early 20th cent.)
Font
  • Octogonal font (said to be from the 14th cent.)
Windows
  • Three-light east window depicting St Tysilio (Jones & Wallis, London, 1896), tracery a copy of the original medieval window
History:
Early 15th cent.:   Constructed as parish church for Porthaethwy
Late 19th cent.:   Restoration
Important persons:
Patron:  Tysilio (?–640, Welsh monk, son of King Brochwel Ysgythrog of Powys)
Dimensions:
Length [m]:  11
Width [m]:  5
Sources
British Listed Buildings: Church of St. Tysilio – A Grade II* Listed Building in Menai Bridge, Isle of Anglesey, https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300005405-church-of-st-tysilio-menai-bridge#.WyPZ06m-lTZ, retrieved 15/06/2018
Brydon, David: Croeso i Eglwys Tysilio, Porthaethwy, Cyfeillion Eglwys Sant Tysilio, Porthaethwy/Menai Bridge
Wikipedia: Tysilio, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tysilio, retrieved 15/06/2018
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