Church of St Nefydd and Mary
Llannefydd, Denbighshire
Diocese: Llanelwy/St Asaph
OS Grid Ref.: SH98227060
Lat/Lng: 53.2226649516,-3.52592415484
The medieval dedication of the church is not clear, but is given as Mary in eighteenth century sources. However, early spellings of the place-name suggest either the modern Nefydd, or Ufydd. An early six inch map labels the church as dedicated to Matthew.
More information
National Monuments RecordChurch Heritage Cymru
Hywel Wyn Owen & Richard Morgan, Dictionary of the Place-Names of Wales (Llandysul: Gomer, 2007), 236
Sources
Browne Willis, Parochiale Anglicanum (London: 1733), 222
John Ecton, Thesaurus Rerum Ecclesiasticarum (London: 1754), 490
A.W. Wade-Evans, 'Parochiale Wallicanum' in Y Cymmrodor (1910), 103–4
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