Church of St Ffraid

Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire

Diocese: Llanelwy/St Asaph

OS Grid Ref.: SJ20473844
Lat/Lng: 52.9374408125,-3.18478747752

Medieval church whose dedication is attested as Ffraid in its place-name from the thirteenth century.

The dedication is given as Bridget by Browne Willis in the eighteenth century, although all known forms of the place-name incorporate Ffraid rather than Bridget.

Saints linked to this site

More information

National Monuments Record
Church Heritage Cymru

Hywel Wyn Owen & Richard Morgan, Dictionary of the Place-Names of Wales (Llandysul: Gomer, 2007), 277–8

Sources

Browne Willis, Parochiale Anglicanum (London: 1733), 223

John Ecton, Thesaurus Rerum Ecclesiasticarum (London: 1754), 493

A.W. Wade-Evans, 'Parochiale Wallicanum' in Y Cymmrodor (1910), 106

Taxatio (2014), AS.AS.NA.03    View online

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