St Cynfarwy's Church, Llechgynfarwy

St Cynfarwy's Church
The church seen from the north-west
St Cynfarwy's Church Location in Anglesey
53°18′07″N 4°25′51″W / 53.30196°N 4.43080°W / 53.30196; -4.43080
OS grid reference	SH 381 810
Location	Llechgynfarwy, Anglesey
Country	Wales, United Kingdom
Denomination	Church in Wales
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	c. 630
Founder(s)	St Cynfarwy
Dedication	St Cynfarwy
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	12 May 1970
Architect(s)	Kennedy & O'Donoghue (1867 rebuilding)
Architectural type	Church
Style	Early Decorated
Specifications
Length	40 ft 3 in (12.3 m)
Width	16 ft 9 in (5.1 m)
Materials	Rubble masonry, slate roof
Administration
Province	Province of Wales
Diocese	Diocese of Bangor
Archdeaconry	Bangor
Deanery	Llifon and Talybolion
Parish	Bodedern with Llanfaethlu
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Vacant since September 2009[1]

St Cynfarwy's Church is a medieval parish church in Llechgynfarwy, Anglesey, north Wales. The first church in the vicinity was established by St Cynfarwy (a 7th-century saint about whom little is known) in about 630, but no structure from that time survives. The present building contains a 12th-century baptismal font, indicating the presence of a church at that time, although extensive rebuilding in 1867 removed the datable features of the previous edifice.

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",^[2] in particular because it is "a simple, rural church of Medieval origins".^[3] The church is still used for worship by the Church in Wales, one of nine in a combined parish, although there has not been an incumbent priest since September 2009.