St Anne's Church, Ynyshir is located in the

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village of

Ynyshir Ynyshir () is a village and community located in the Rhondda Valley, within Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales. The name of the village means "long island" in Welsh and takes its name from a farm in the area, falling within the historic parishes of ...

in the Benefice of

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in the

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. It dates from the 1880s.

History

The church was designed by E. M. Bruce Vaughan. It was completed in 1886, though at least one of the windows (west) dates from 1905. The organ at St Anne's, dating from 1907, was made by

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The church has a small hall which is the site of a memorial. It also acts as a

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. St Anne's has no

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. The interior has a number of statues of famous preachers. In 2014, the church hosted services to recall the centenary of the

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. Part of the service was at the Ynyshir Cenotaph not far from the church.

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