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St Mary's Church, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll Village, Anglesey.

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Accessibility

There is a large sloping tarmacked car park. No wheelchair access available.

Brief description

Grade II Listed building built in 1853.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Llanfairpwllgwyngyll

"St Mary's Church is a Church in Wales parish church in Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey, Wales. It was built in 1853 to serve the village in the Diocese of Bangor and is a Grade II-listed building. Before St Mary's Church was erected there was an earlier church dedicated to the Virgin Mary on the site. In 1853, during the heyday of Victorian restorationism, the old church was rebuilt using stone rubble at a cost of £950. It was later re-consecrated in the same year by the Bishop of Bangor.[1] Several of the fittings in the old church were replaced but the original baptismal font was retained and installed in the new church.[1]

The church's stained glass windows were gradually replaced by several benefactors. The east window showing several Biblical scenes was dedicated to Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, and the west window showing Jesus and the Twelve Apostles dedicated to Sir Robert Waller Otway, 1st Baronet, both in 1876. The windows on the north and south sides were also replaced in 1900 and 1906 respectively.[1]

The churchyard contains five Commonwealth war graves, of two Royal Welsh Fusiliers soldiers and a Merchant sailor of World War I, and a Merchant and a Royal Navy sailor of World War II.[2]"

https://cadw.gov.wales/open-doors-st-marys-church-llanfairpwllgwyngyll

"A stone’s throw away from the steady stream of traffic travelling along Brittania Bridge, at the far end of a winding road that goes past Carreg Brân Hotel and under the railway bridge, stands St. Mary’s Church, Llanfairpwll. Although so close to the bridge, there is a palpable sense of peace as you wend your way from the car park, through the lychgate and down towards the main church door.

Ahead, you will see the Menai Strait as it flows onwards towards Plas Newydd and beyond, a breathtaking view when the weather is fine and the Strait shimmering in the sun. And in the far distance, a striking spectacle on the horizon, the gentle outline of Yr Eifl (The Rivals) mountains.

This has been the site of a place of worship for over 600 years but the present building was constructed in September 1853. One of the exceptional features in the church is an unusual stained-glass window celebrating its connection, in years gone by, with the former Indefatigable Training School for Sailors.

Below the churchyard stands a statue of Horatio Nelson erected in 1837. In the churchyard itself, on the left as you walk down to the main door, stands a column to commemorate the lives of fifteen men who died during the process of building the Britannia Bridge between 1846-50.

A few yards beyond the church’s gable-end stands an impressive Celtic cross denoting the burial place of the poet and scholar Syr John Morris-Jones (1864-1929). He now rests near the banks of Y Fenai, such a source of inspiration for him as a poet, as was his native Môn/Anglesey."