St Davids Church - Laleston - Bridgend, Wales.
N 51° 30.373 W 003° 37.301
30U E 456853 N 5706303
St David's church, which is central to Laleston village, shows 13th and 14th century designs, though much work has been carried out since its earliest period.
Waymark Code: WMF9TV
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/16/2012
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"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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