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Llanidan - old church

Nearest town: Menai Bridge

Site type: churchyard

Access: Private

Church name: St Nidan

Diocese: Bangor

County: Anglesey

Country: Wales

Grid ref: SH49466687

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 21-Sep-13

Recorded by: Paolo Bavaresco/Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: Church in Wales

Yews recorded at this site: Notable

Notes: The first church on the site was established in the 7th century. The oldest parts of the present structure date from the 14th century. In 1843 the cost of repairing the old church was deemed to be prohibitive and the building was demolished, leaving only part of the western end and the central arcade. It has been restored by the owners of the adjoining house, Plan Llanidan, and is apparently occasionally open to the public. The Topographical Dictionary of Wales in 1849 described 'a venerable yew tree within its precincts'.