St Elvan's Church, Aberdare

St Elvan's Church, Aberdare in July 2016

St Elvan's Church is a Grade II* listed Anglican church in the centre of the town of Aberdare.[1][2][3] It was built in 1851–1852, largely at the instigation of John Griffith, vicar of Aberdare from 1847 until 1859.[4]

On 11 December 1849 Griffith wrote at length to the Incorporated Church Building Society in relation to the position of the Church of England in the parish of Aberdare. The population of the parish was close to 14,000 people and increasing at a rate of approximately a thousand each year, yet the ancient parish church of St John's could accommodate fewer than two hundred people.[5]

  1. ^ "St. Elvan's Church, Aberdare". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  2. ^ "St Elvan's Church, Aberdare". Visit Wales. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Aberdare church seeks visibility with £1.2m revamp". BBC News Online. BBC. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  4. ^ Jones 1987, pp. 88–101.
  5. ^ Jones 1987, pp. 88–90.