by Rev Caroline Owen
Last year the blog included an item about stained glass windows depicting St Tydfil in various churches in Wales. (https://www.merthyr-history.com/?p=8530) This year we have tracked Tydfil to a church in England.
St Catherine’s church in Hoarwithy in Herefordshire was completed in 1843 and then beautified by Prebendary William Poole between mid-1870s and 1902 into its present Italian (Romanesque) style.
There on the wall we spotted this statue of Tydfil. Apologies for the quality of the photo – she’s up quite high on the wall!
There’s a church dedicated to St Tydfil in Coedpoeth outside Wrexham. I have never managed to find out why!
Amazing. I am inspired to search out more information around St Tydfil.
Thanks to everyone for this community web site. John Dennithorne