Skip to content
The Great Britain Guide

Historic churches · North Wales

St Cristiolus's Church, Llangristiolus

St Cristiolus's Church, Llangristiolus — church in Anglesey, UK.

St Cristiolus's Church, Llangristiolus

Wikimedia Commons contributors — see linked file page for photographer and licence licence

About

St Cristiolus's Church, Llangristiolus is a historic church in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1101. Heritage designation: Grade II* listed building. Affiliated with Anglicanism. Named after Cristiolus. Wikidata describes it as: "church in Anglesey, UK". Coordinates: 53.2365°, -4.3239°.

Photo gallery

From the Wikipedia article

St Cristiolus's Church, Llangristiolus is a medieval church near the village of Llangristiolus, in Anglesey, north Wales. The village, about 1 mile (1.6 km) from the building, takes its name from the church. Reputedly founded by St Cristiolus in 610, the present building dates from the 12th and 13th centuries. Alterations were made in the 16th century, when the large east window in Perpendicular style was added to the chancel – a window which has been described by one guide to the buildings of north Wales as "almost too big to fit" in the wall. Some restoration work took place in the mid-19th century, when further windows were added and the chancel largely rebuilt. The church is still in use for weekly Sunday services (in Welsh and English), as part of the Church in Wales, and is one of four churches in a combined parish. It is a Grade II* listed building, a national designation given to "particularly important buildings of more than special interest", in particular because of its age and the east window. The church contains a decorated font from the 12th century, as well as memorials from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Richard Owen, a 19th-century Calvinistic Methodist minister from Llangristiolus, is buried in the graveyard. The churchyard also contains the grave of the noted geologists, Edward and Annie Greenly, who pioneered modern geological mapping in Anglesey.

Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.

Coordinates
53.2365, -4.3239
Parish
Llangristiolus
Postcode
LL77 7YE
Parliamentary constituency
Ynys Môn
Established
1101

Sources

Nearby

Other places from this era

More places in this region

Frequently asked questions

Where is St Cristiolus's Church, Llangristiolus?
St Cristiolus's Church, Llangristiolus is in North Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 53.2365°, -4.3239°.
When was St Cristiolus's Church, Llangristiolus built?
St Cristiolus's Church, Llangristiolus dates to 1101 — the Norman & medieval period.
Is St Cristiolus's Church, Llangristiolus a listed building?
St Cristiolus's Church, Llangristiolus carries the heritage designation "Grade II* listed building" — a protective status under UK heritage law.