Parish Church of St Cadoc - Bell tower - Pendoylan - Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
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N 51° 28.874 W 003° 21.332
30U E 475311 N 5703401
The church of St. Cadoc, has been a place of worship for over 800 years. Pendoylan Parish Church has a Bell Tower with a peal of six bells. The tiny village of Pendoylan is located in the heart of the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales.
Waymark Code: WMJXG5
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/12/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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Pendoylan Parish Church of St.Cadoc - Church of Wales - Dioceses of Llandaff. This church has been the site of Christian worship for over 800 years.

The embattled Bell Tower is believed to date from the 14th Century.
The tower contains six bells. The first bells were originally presented to the church in the 17th century by Judge David Jenkins, a staunch supporter of King Charles 1, as a thanks offering for his safe return from The Tower of London where he had been imprisoned during the Cromwellian period.

"Much restored in the mid 19th century, the church retains many elements of its Norman and mediaeval history. The tower holds a peel of 6 bells. Four of which may be a re-cast of the original peel of 4, which were presented by one Judge David Jenkins." Text Source: (visit link)

"The parish church of St Cadoc's (who was born circa 497), may well have been founded in the saints lifetime, but most of the building is 14th century. Restorations were made in the 15th and 16th century but most notably in the 19th century. The building is in the Norman style and has a massive embattled western tower containing a ring of six bells. The chancel arch is in the early perpendicular style of the 14th Century. The stairs to the rood loft are perfectly preserved, and in the chancel there is a priest's door which is walled up within." Text Source: (visit link)


"Parish church. 14th 15th 16th century perpendicular with 19th century alterations. Nave,
chancel, South porch and large embattled tower containing a ring of six bells. There are
some interesting features of the Church which can be definitely assigned to pre-
Reformation times, the chancel arch being in the early perpendicular style of the 14th
century. The stairs to the rood loft are perfectly preserved, and in the chancel there is a
priest’s door which is walled up within. Despite the fact that the surviving parish registers
date back only to 1727, it has been possible to compile a fairly complete list of incumbents
from Elizabethan times onwards. The first record of a priest of Pendoylan ‘Sacredos de
Pondewelin’ was of one ‘Urban’ who sometime prior to the year 1205 had given 12 acres of
land to the monks of Margam, his gift being confirmed by King John in that year. Listed at
grade II* for its medieval origins and special historic significance to the parish of Pendoylan." Text Source: (visit link)

Church in Wales: (visit link)
Address of Tower:
Church of St.Cadoc, Pendiylan, Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.


Still Operational: yes

Number of bells in tower?: 6

Relevant website?: [Web Link]

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Tours or visits allowed in tower?: Unknown

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