St Edwen's Church, Llanedwen

St Edwen's Church, Llanedwen
The north side of St Edwen's
St Edwen's Church, Llanedwen Location in Anglesey
53°11′26″N 4°13′12″W / 53.190578°N 4.220076°W / 53.190578; -4.220076
OS grid reference	SH 517 682
Location	Llanedwen, Anglesey
Country	Wales, United Kingdom
Denomination	Church in Wales
Website	Parish website
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	640; current building 1856
Founder(s)	St Edwen
Dedication	St Edwen
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	23 April 1998
Architect(s)	Henry Kennedy
Architectural type	Church
Style	Late Decorated
Specifications
Materials	Rubble masonry with red gritstone
Administration
Province	Province of Wales
Diocese	Diocese of Bangor
Archdeaconry	Bangor
Deanery	Synod Ynys Mon
Parish	Bro Dwynwen
Clergy
Priest in charge	Reverend E Roberts
Assistant priest(s)	Canon Professor Leslie Francis

St Edwen's Church, Llanedwen, is a 19th-century parish church near the Menai Strait, in Anglesey, north Wales. The first church was founded here by St. Edwen (daughter of Edwin of Northumbria, king and saint) in 640, but the present structure dates from 1856 and was designed by Henry Kennedy, the architect of the Diocese of Bangor. It contains some memorials from the 17th and 18th centuries and a reading desk that reuses panel work from the 14th and 17th centuries. The 18th-century historian Henry Rowlands was vicar here, and is buried in the churchyard. The church is on land that forms part of the Plas Newydd estate, home of the family of the Marquess of Anglesey since 1812 and owned by the National Trust. Some of the Marquesses of Anglesey, and some of their employees, are also buried in the churchyard.

The church is used for worship by the Church in Wales, one of seven in a combined parish. A service is held using the Book of Common Prayer each Sunday morning. St Edwen's is one of the few churches in regular use in Wales to be lit entirely by candles. It is a Grade II listed building, a national designation given to "buildings of special interest, which warrant every effort being made to preserve them",^[1] in particular because it is regarded as "a good example of H Kennedy's designs for a small-scale rural church."^[2]