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St Padarn's Church

St Padarn's Church — church in Llanbadarn Fawr, Ceredigion, Wales.

St Padarn's Church

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St Padarn's Church is a historic church in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to AD 501. Heritage designation: Grade I listed building. Affiliated with Anglicanism. Wikidata describes it as: "church in Llanbadarn Fawr, Ceredigion, Wales". Coordinates: 52.4091°, -4.0610°.

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Saint Padarn's Church is a parish church of the Church in Wales, and the largest mediaeval church in mid-Wales. It is at Llanbadarn Fawr, near Aberystwyth, in Ceredigion, Wales. Founded in the early sixth century, St Padarn's Church has gone through many changes, from a Welsh monastic centre (a clas), a Benedictine priory, a clas again, a royal rectory, a church controlled by Chester's Vale Royal Abbey, and since 1538 a parish church under a vicar.

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Coordinates
52.4091, -4.0610
District
Ceredigion
Parish
Llanbadarn Fawr
Postcode
SY23 3QZ
Parliamentary constituency
Ceredigion Preseli

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Frequently asked questions

Where is St Padarn's Church?
St Padarn's Church is in Mid Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.4091°, -4.0610°.
When was St Padarn's Church built?
St Padarn's Church dates to the Anglo-Saxon era. The exact year of origin is not recorded in our open-data sources.
Is St Padarn's Church a listed building?
St Padarn's Church carries the heritage designation "Grade I listed building" — a protective status under UK heritage law.