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Llangar Old Parish Church
Llangar Church, or All Saints Old Parish Church, Llangar, was formerly the parish church of Llangar with Cynwyd, in the Dee Valley, Denbighshire, North Wales. It is now under the guardianship of Cadw, is a Scheduled Monument, and a grade I Listed Building. It is conserved and open to the public as an example of a rural church with medieval wall paintings and largely intact 18th century interior fittings. History Documentary sources show a church at Llangar in 1291, but the present building would appear to date to the 15th century (1971 excavations within the church found this to be the earliest identifiable occupancy). The Church has an undivided nave and chancel, flagstone floor, and Timber roof truss#Arch-braced truss, arch-braced roof with 15th century roof trusses. The walls have wall paintings, which probably represent at least 8 different layers of painted schemes. The earliest of these date to the 15th century. The extensive woodwork of the interior includes a gallery, box ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llangar
Llangar is a former civil parish in Denbighshire in Wales, south west of Corwen, its post town, and north east of Bala, Gwynedd, Bala. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers River Alwen, Alwen and River Dee, Wales, Dee, and includes the small hamlets of Bryn, Denbighshire, Bryn, Cymer (Edeirnion), Cymer, and Gwynodl. A large portion of the parish is barren. The small village stands on the road from Corwen, by the Vale of Edeyrnion. The Dee is crossed by a bridge about away at Cynwyd, Denbighshire, Cynwyd. It lies in the ''bro'' and former cwmwd of Edeirnion. Llangar Church is a remote rural church that was abandoned in 1856 but survived to become a List of Cadw properties, Cadw guardianship building, open to the public, with a near complete 18th century church interior, and is a Grade 1 listed building. Notable residents *Henry Wynn-Williams, an early New Zealand member of parliament, was born in Llangar Villages in Denbighshire {{Denbighshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
