St Caian's Church, Tregaian
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St Caian's Church, Tregaian, also known as St Caean's Church, Tregaean, is a small medieval church dating from the 14th century in Anglesey, north Wales. It is dedicated to St Caian, a Christian from the 5th or 6th century about whom little is known. The building contains a late 14th-century east window and a late 15th-century doorway. The churchyard contains the grave of William ap Howel, who died in 1581 at the age of 105, leaving over forty children between the ages of 8 and 89 and over three hundred living descendants.
St Caian's Church, Tregaian | |
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Location in Anglesey | |
53.291621°N 4.324948°W / 53.291621; -4.324948 | |
OS grid reference | SH 451 797 |
Location | Tregaian, Anglesey |
Country | Wales, United Kingdom |
Denomination | Church in Wales |
History | |
Status | Church |
Dedication | St Caian |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade II* |
Designated | 12 May 1970 |
Style | Medieval |
Specifications | |
Length | 40 ft 6 in (12.3 m) |
Width | 14 ft 6 in (4.4 m) |
Materials | Rubble masonry |
Administration | |
Province | Province of Wales |
Diocese | Diocese of Bangor |
Archdeaconry | Bangor |
Deanery | Malltraeth |
Parish | Llangefni with Tregaean with Llanddyfnan (Talwrn) |
Clergy | |
Priest in charge | J Ashley-Roberts[1] |
The church is still used for worship by the Church in Wales, and is one of three churches in a combined parish. It is a Grade II* listed building, a national designation given to "particularly important buildings of more than special interest",[2] in particular because it is regarded as "an excellent late Medieval rural church".[3]