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St Mary Magdalene's Church, Gwaenysgor

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NPRN310518
Map ReferenceSJ08SE
Grid ReferenceSJ0751081020
Unitary (Local) AuthorityFlintshire
Old CountyFlintshire
CommunityTrelawnyd and Gwaenysgor
Type Of SiteCHURCH
PeriodPost Medieval
Description

Several wall paintings have been recorded in the church, but are now lost.  They included a fragment of St Christopher, and opposite the porch, a fish.  There were also two layers of inscriptions.  These fragmentary black letter texts were later than the figures but not dated.

Sources include:
RCAHMW Wallpaintings database. 2004.09.11/RCAHMW/SLE
Archaeologia Cambrensis 1932, 173
Richard Suggett, Painted Temples: Wallpaintings and Rood-screens in Welsh Churches, 1200–1800, (RCAHMW 2021)

RCAHMW 2021