St Fflewin's Church - Another rural church still at the heart of the community

St Fflewin's Church - Another rural church still at the heart of the community

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St Fflewin's Church stands in an isolated, spot next to a working farm on the Isle of Anglesey, near to 53°22′21″N , 004°28′56″W, OS grid SH 349 890, What three words /issue.ally.hindering, The postal code is LL65 4BL;

St Fflewin’s Church, Llanfflewin is a compact, fairly plain medieval church set in a raised circular churchyard in a rural position on Anglesey — The earliest fabric dates from the 12th century and the church was built on the site of a 7th century structure. Local tradition credits the site to the 7th-century saint Fflewin (c.630), who is said to have founded the original early medieval chapel; none of that earlier structure remains, but the later church is recorded in the Norwich Taxation of 1254.
The present building is a small rubble-masonry, nave–chancel structure (about 47 ft by 14 ft in published dimensions) that retains a pre-Gothic-revival character. The building underwent careful repairs and a partial rebuilding in 1864 with further restorations in the 1930s.
External features include a simple bell-gabled west end and the arched lychgate that marks the raised circular enclosure around the church. St Fflewin’s was designated a Grade II listed building in 1970 as “a simple rural church built on Medieval foundations.”
Inside the small church are several antiquities that tie the building to a medieval and early-modern past. The font is late medieval (C 14th century) and of short, squat form. A fragment of an inscribed medieval gravestone, reused as a window-sill. 18th-century slate memorial tablets and a wooden pitch-pipe— A flute-shaped instrument, common in rural churches in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The pipe was used by the parish clerk to give the correct starting note for the congregation’s singing. Vary few of these survive today.
The best-known clerical incumbent in the 19th century was the poet-clergyman Morris Williams, who served as rector of the area (which included Llanfflewin) from 1859 until his death in 1874. Williams was a prominent Welsh language poet and hymn writer, and is buried at Llanrhuddlad (another church in the same group of parishes).
It remains an active Church in Wales building within Bro Padrig and is usually open to the public (although the door handle is stiff) I do recommend a visit, but Please note that it is isolated and is set next to a working farm.

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