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Corwen Church

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 72143
Trust : Clwyd Powys
Community : Corwen
Unitary authority : Denbighshire
NGR : SJ07884342
Site Type (preferred type first) : MEDIEVAL CHURCH

Summary :
Site of Corwen church.

Description :
The earliest reference to a church here occurs in 1222. The nave and chancel of the current church appear to be the earliest parts of the fabric, and are probably 13th century (Cadw, 2016).

Sources :
Cadw , 2016 , Database of Listed Buildings in Wales
Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust , 1998 , Site visit record - PRN72143
Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust , 2003 , CPAT Project Archive - 930
Evans, Edith, with Davidson, Andrew, Ludlow, Neil and Silvester Bob , 2000 , Medieval churches in Wales: The Welsh Historic Churches Project and its results , Church Archaeology : 4 : 5-26
Glynne, S R , 1884 , Notes on the older churches in the four Welsh dioceses , Archaeologia Cambrensis : 1 : 81-104,169-
Silvester, B & Hankinson, R , 2002 , Early Medieval Ecclesiastical and Burial Sites in Mid and North-east Wales: An Interim Report ( © Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust)
Silvester, B & Hankinson, R , 2003 , Early Medieval Ecclesiastical and Burial Sites in Mid and North-east Wales: The Second Report ( © Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust)
Silvester, R J , 1998 , Welsh Historic Churches Project. The Historic Churches of Denbighshire and The Vale of Clwyd ( © Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust)
Silvester, R J , 2004 , Early Medieval Ecclesiastical and Burial Sites in Mid and North-East Wales. The Field Assessment and its Impact on the Overall Study ( © Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust)
Webb, Valmai , 1987 , The Story of Corwen Church and Churchyard , Clwyd Historian/Hanes Bro Clwyd : 19 : 14-24
`Notes on the older churches in the four Welsh dioceses`, Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1884, 5th series, Vol. I. The Builder, (Vernon Hughes index) 27/4/72, p.324; G.M. Griffiths, `A Report of the Deanery of Penllyn and Edeirinion by the Rev. John Wynne,
1730`, Merioneth Historical and Record Society, 1955, pp.34-39;
Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales, An Inventory of the County of Merioneth, 1921, pp.18-19; D.R.Thomas, History of the Diocese of Saint Asaph, 1911, Vol.II, p.144;
Valmai Webb, `The Story of Corwen Church and Churchyard`, Clwyd Historian, September 1987, pp14-20.

Events :
142231 : Corwen Church, watching brief 2008 (year : 2008)

Related records
CPAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 72143

Compiled date : 24-11-1999


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April 4, 2025, 9:39 am - File produced for Archwilio from CPAT's Regional HER.
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