Church of St Gastyn
Llangasty-Talyllyn, Brecon
Diocese: Abertawe ac Aberhonddu/Swansea and Brecon (Former diocese: Tyddewi/St Davids)
OS Grid Ref.: SO13312613
Lat/Lng: 51.9269112829,-3.26211506535
Mid-neneteenth century church on a medieval site, dedicated to Gasty.
Alternative spellings of the patron are given as Gastayn by Wade-Evans and Castey by Browne Willis.This appears to be where the child Cynog was baptised by Gastayn, according to the Cognacio Brychan.
The church was rebuilt with an early Tractarian interior and retains much of the medieval tower.
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Stained Glass in Wales
Sources
Browne Willis, Parochiale Anglicanum (London: 1733), 181
John Ecton, Thesaurus Rerum Ecclesiasticarum (London: 1754), 463
A.W. Wade-Evans, 'Parochiale Wallicanum' in Y Cymmrodor (1910), 37
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