St Enghenedl's Church, Llanynghenedl | |
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Location in Anglesey | |
53°17′56″N 4°31′37″W / 53.299027°N 4.526968°W | |
OS grid reference | SH316809 |
Location | Llanynghenedl, Anglesey |
Country | Wales, United Kingdom |
Previous denomination | Church in Wales |
History | |
Status | Church |
Founded | c.620 |
Dedication | Enghenedl |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Demolished |
Architect(s) | Henry Kennedy (1862) |
Completed | 1862, replacing a 13th/14th-century church |
Demolished | 1988 |
Specifications | |
Length | 43 ft 6 in (13.3 m) |
Width | 15 ft 6 in (4.7 m) |
St Enghenedl's Church, Llanynghenedl, is a former parish church in Anglesey, north Wales, dedicated to the son of a 6th-century King of Powys. According to the 19th-century antiquarian Angharad Llwyd, the first church in Llanynghenedl was erected in about 620. A new church was erected in 1862, replacing a building that the 19th-century clergyman and antiquarian Harry Longueville Jones noted as dating in part from the late 13th or early 14th century, based on the decorations on the south doorway. The church later fell into disuse as a result of the growth of the nearby village of Valley and the church there. In 1988, St Enghenedl's was dismantled and re-erected as an extension to St Mihangel's, Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn, so that St Mihangel's could serve as the church for RAF Valley. The former churchyard of St Enghenedl's is still visible but is now overgrown.(The churchyard is being cared for and no longer overgrown 2020 update)