Efenechtyd ( cy, Efenechdyd) is a hamlet and

community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, tow ...

in a deep valley in

Denbighshire Denbighshire ( ; cy, Sir Ddinbych; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. Its borders differ from the historic county of the same name. This part of Wales contains the country's oldest known evidence of habitation – Pontnewydd (Bontnewy ...

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which contains the Church of St Michael and All Angels. The community includes the village of

Pwllglas Pwllglas (or Pwll-glas) is a village in Denbighshire, near the town of Ruthin, Wales and in the community of Efenechtyd. Pwllglas is situated on the A494, which runs through the middle of the village, and contains three cul-de-sacs, Erw Las, ...

. Efenechtyd is also the name of an

electoral ward A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to t ...

Governance

The Efenechtyd

elects a county councillor to site on

Denbighshire County Council Denbighshire County Council is the unitary local authority for the county of Denbighshire, one of the principal areas of Wales. The council is based at County Hall in Ruthin. Elections take place every five years. The last election was on 5 Ma ...

. This ward stretches to the south-west of Efenechtyd with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 1,686, the community population being 655.

Church of St Michael and All Angels

St Michael's is the tiny church of Efenechtyd. At twenty feet wide, St Michael's is the second smallest church in the diocese of

St Asaph St Asaph (; cy, Llanelwy "church on the Elwy") is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and community (Wales), community on the River Elwy in Denbighshire, Wales. In the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census it had a population of 3,355 ...

.Site 4 - Efenechtyd - Church of St Michael and All Angels
Medieval-Wales.com. Retrieved 29 March 2018. The circular churchyard suggests Celtic origins. The church may have been founded by monks from St Saeran's at

Llanynys Llanynys (; ) is a hamlet and community (Llanynys and Rhewl Community Council) in Denbighshire, north-east Wales; (OS grid reference: SJ1062). It lies in the Vale of Clwyd, a few miles north of Ruthin Ruthin ( ; cy, Rhuthun) is a market to ...

and probably dates from the 13th century. The east window probably dates from c. 1400. The church's most notable feature is its rare medieval wooden font, probably of 15th or 16th-century origin, similar to the stone fonts fashionable at that time. It is made from a single circular oak block with fourteen facets over a ring of beading. Similarly the battlemented rail near the altar is also late medieval and part of a rood screen. Another notable feature includes a fragment of a Welsh wall-painted Ten Commandments, probably Elizabethan or Jacobean. Monuments include a painted timber memorial to Catherine Lloyd (1810) and a Georgian monument to Joseph Conway of Plas-yn-Llan, near the churchyard gate. The church was extensively restored in 1873. The rounded stone by the font is the ‘Maen Camp’, formerly used at the local ‘campau’ (‘Sports’) on St. Michael's Day, 29 September. Village Samsons strove to hurl it backwards over their heads. The custom of throwing the Feat Stone has been revived in recent years and takes place at the Harvest Festival celebrations.
accessdate=2013-11-31], Maen Camp 2013 Sant Mihangel a'r Holl Angylion, Efenechtyd, Sir Ddinbych 02.JPG, Font, carved from one piece of wood Sant Mihangel a'r Holl Angylion, Efenechtyd, Sir Ddinbych 06.JPG Sant Mihangel a'r Holl Angylion, Efenechtyd, Sir Ddinbych 14.JPG, Carved roode and pulpit Sant Mihangel a'r Holl Angylion, Efenechtyd, Sir Ddinbych 24.JPG, Roof beams Sant Mihangel a'r Holl Angylion, Efenechtyd, Sir Ddinbych 30.JPG, Back of church

References

Living Paths {{Dual, source=medieval-wales.com/index.php, sourcepath=http://medieval-wales.com/site_18_Efenechtyd.php, sourcearticle=Efenechtyd, date=28 April 2011 Populated places in Denbighshire Wards of Denbighshire