St Cristiolus's Church, Llangristiolus

St Cristiolus's Church, Llangristiolus
The south side of St Cristiolus's Church, with the nave to the left and the chancel to the right
St Cristiolus's Church, Llangristiolus Location in Anglesey
53°14′12″N 4°19′26″W / 53.236743°N 4.323919°W / 53.236743; -4.323919
OS grid reference	SH 450 736
Location	Llangristiolus, Anglesey
Country	Wales, United Kingdom
Denomination	Church in Wales
Website	St Cristiolus's Church
History
Status	Church
Founded	610 (reputedly)[1] Present building dates from 12th century
Founder(s)	St Cristiolus (reputedly)
Dedication	St Cristiolus
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Designated	30 January 1968
Architect(s)	Henry Kennedy (1852 restoration)
Style	Mainly in Decorated style
Specifications
Length	Nave 44 ft 9 in (13.6 m); chancel 32 ft 9 in (10.0 m)
Width	Nave 15 ft 6 in (4.7 m); chancel 20 ft 6 in (6.2 m)
Materials	Rubble masonry, dressed with freestone
Administration
Province	Province of Wales
Diocese	Diocese of Bangor
Archdeaconry	Bangor
Deanery	Malltraeth
Parish	Plwyf Seintiau Braint a Chefni
Clergy
Vicar(s)	The Reverend E C Williams
Curate(s)	The Reverend Canon Professor L J Francis The Reverend T J Jones The Reverend E R Roberts [2]

St Cristiolus's Church, Llangristiolus is a medieval church near the village of Llangristiolus, in Anglesey, north Wales. The village, about 1 mile (1.6 km) from the building, takes its name from the church. Reputedly founded by St Cristiolus in 610, the present building dates from the 12th and 13th centuries. Alterations were made in the 16th century, when the large east window in Perpendicular style was added to the chancel – a window which has been described by one guide to the buildings of north Wales as "almost too big to fit" in the wall.^[3] Some restoration work took place in the mid-19th century, when further windows were added and the chancel largely rebuilt.

The church is still in use for weekly Sunday services (in Welsh and English), as part of the Church in Wales, and is one of four churches in a combined parish. It is a Grade II* listed building, a national designation given to "particularly important buildings of more than special interest",^[4] in particular because of its age and the east window. The church contains a decorated font from the 12th century, as well as memorials from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Richard Owen, a 19th-century Calvinistic Methodist minister from Llangristiolus, is buried in the graveyard. The churchyard also contains the grave of the noted geologists, Edward and Annie Greenly, who pioneered modern geological mapping in Anglesey.