Whitewell St Mary's – View to Chancel from West Gallery

The east wall has a window with three lights in intersecting Y-tracery, a hoodmould and floriate stops, all in stone. The south wall has a two-light window with hoodmould and floriated stops. Outside, there is a low brick boiler house with corrugated roof is set into the angle formed by the south wall of the chancel and the east wall of the south transept.

Encaustic tiled floor, longitudinal choir stalls on wooden planking. One step up to the chancel and a further one to the sanctuary. Plastered and painted walls with panelling that incorporates material from the earlier chapel. In the chancel is a panelled wainscot and a wooden communion rail with plain balusters.

In the foreground and above is a rib-vaulted ceiling at the junction of the transepts ('Crossing').

St Mary's church at Whitewell lies just off the A525 road between Wrexham in Clwyd and Whitchurch in Shropshire. Situated in Clwyd, or Flintshire in Wales, St Mary's is unusual because it is the only Welsh church in the diocese of Chester, which is in Cheshire in England.

By an Order in Council on 19 May 1885, Whitewell (also known as Iscoyd or Iscoed) was created a parish in its own right and although entirely in historic Flintshire in Wales, it remained within the Diocese of Chester for ecclesiastical purposes. Then, following the disestablishment of the Church in Wales in 1920, the parishioners elected to stay with the Church of England, in the Diocese of Chester. However and also for ecclesiastical purposes, it had previously been associated as a chapel of ease with Malpas in Cheshire.

(Note: If it isn't confusing enough already with almost every place name in Wales starting with 'Llan' , Iscoyd should not be confused with two nearby parishes with similar names - the Denbighshire parish of Isycoed which lies a few miles to the north-west and the Maelor Saesneg, Flintshire parish of Bangor is y Coed!)

St Mary's church is spectacular visually and beautiful inside. It is also set in a beautiful location amongst snowdrops in winter and crocuses and daffodils in spring. It is a popular wedding venue with ceremonies being conducted at the church followed by post-wedding events at nearby Iscoyd Park. For details of services and other information, please see...
www.achurchnearyou.com/church/12664/service-and-events/ev...

Taken on: January 19, 2025

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