St Cross, Tal-Y-Bont

​​​​​​Built in 1887 by the widow of the then Lord Penrhyn (Edward Gordon Douglas- Pennant) in memory of her husband. The church cost over £3000 with a capacity of 212.

[ Original : Yn y Flwyddyn hon adeiladodd gweddw taid yr Arglwydd Penrhyn presenol hardd yn nghwaelod Plwyf Llanllechid yn goffadwriaeth am ei gwr, a galwyd hi yn St. Cross. Costiodd dros £3000. Eistedda 212

Hanes Achos Crefydd Yn Mhlwyfi Llanllechid a Llandegai, Arfon, W. J. Parry Y.H Bethesda, Y Dysgedydd Rhan II - Hydref / October 1909]

 

On 22/05/1892 the Church Bells of St. Cross ring for the first time by Rev. Evan Davies in celebration of the Birthday of Queen Victoria. The Church was consecrated on 22/09/1892 by Bishop Lloyd of Bangor.

[Pwy sy'n Cofio Ddoe? Dr. J. Elwyn Hughes, Llais Ogwen , Gorffennaf 2014]

 

The entry for this church on the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW) website (Coflein).

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