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St Elidan's Church, Llanelidan

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NPRN165260
Map ReferenceSJ15SW
Grid ReferenceSJ1099050540
Unitary (Local) AuthorityDenbighshire
Old CountyDenbighshire
CommunityLlanelidan
Type Of SiteCHURCH
PeriodMedieval
Description

St Elidan's Church, Llanelidan is a double-naved church with 5-bay arcade, double bellcote, north porch and traceried windows. The church was restored in 1859 and again in 1890.

Wallpaintings recorded in the church included texts/inscriptions described as being “still visible” on the walls “a few years” before 1879 according to Archaeologia Cambrensis (1879, p284).

Sources include:
RCAHMW Wallpaintings database. 2004.09.09/RCAHMW/SLE
DE/Ecclesiastical/SJ15SW
Richard Suggett, Painted Temples: Wallpaintings and Rood-screens in Welsh Churches, 1200–1800, (RCAHMW 2021).


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