St Deiniol’s church 
There has been a church on this site since St. Deiniol, a 6th century Welsh saint, planted his staff here. William Gladstone, the 19th Century prime minister, worshipped and was married here. Much of the 13th century building was destroyed by a fire in 1857 which was thought to have been started deliberately. The church was restored by Sir George Gilbert Scott and the Gladstone family.
The magnificent west window, depicting the Nativity, was the last work of Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones, a Gladstone family friend and was installed as a thanksgiving for the lives of William and Catherine Gladstone from their surviving children. It was completed in 1898 shortly after William Gladstone’s death.
The Gladstone memorial chapel, depicting William and Catherine Gladstone lying in the boat of life was completed in 1906. They are buried at Westminster Abbey.
The rood screen is a memorial to Lt. W.G. C. Gladstone MP, grandson of the Prime Minister, given by his mother and sisters. He was killed in action in France in 1915.
The church clock was made by Joyce and Co. of Whitchurch and dates from 1854. There is a peal of six bells in the tower, cast by Rudhalls Bell Foundry in Gloucester and installed in 1742 replacing an earlier set. They are rung every Sunday by our resident team of bell-ringers.
Please see some pictures of the Church interior on our Pictures page.
There is a Boer War memorial cross in the churchyard on the south side.
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