Pick Up Thy Bed & Walk - St Davids Church - Laleston, Bridgend, Wales.
N 51° 30.373 W 003° 37.301
30U E 456853 N 5706303
St David's church, has been central to Laleston village since Medieval times. The Church features a Stained Glass windows from the 1870's with an Iconic phrase from the Bible 'Pick up thy bed & walk'. Location: Laleston, Bridgend, South Wales.
Waymark Code: WMVQD2
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/18/2017
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The Church underwent restoration in 1871, and the stained glass windows, probably by Clayton and Bell are from that decade.
From Coflein: the Welsh Government Historic Website & The Church in Wales: Website.
"St David's church has been a centre of Christian worship since 1173 when there is a record of it described as a chapel belonging to Tewkesbury Abbey. However two Christian headstones of the 11th-12th century have been found in the parish, and this together with the raised previously circular churchyard, suggest a pre-Norman date for the church is more correct. Of the pre-Norman church there are no certain remains, and it was probably built of mud. There is evidence that this church was rebuilt on a much grander scale c1186. But it is somewhere in the period of the 14th - 15th cent that we must place a large-scale rebuilding of Laleston church.
The presence of internal batter along the long walls of the nave suggest that the standing fabric is relatively early, though none of the windows survive from that date. The earliest surviving feature is the chancel arch, dating from the 14th century." Text Source: (
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