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	Hen Eglwys y Santes Fair/Old St Mary’s Church Stryd-y-Llan LL53 6LB Nefyn United Kingdom
Denomination:	Deconsecrated
Geogr. Coordinates:	52.93649° N, 4.51808° W
Reference year:	1827
Architectural style:	Georgian
Building type:	Single-nave church
Description:	Late Georgian single-nave church with a square tower at the west end; now used by Amgueddfa Forwrol Llŷn/Llŷn Maritime Museum
Name derivation:	From Mary, the mother of Jesus


Building material	Rubble stone, grouted slate roof

History:

5th cent.:	First church on the site established by Nefyn ar Nefain, daughter of Brychan Brycheiniog of Garth Madryn
12th cent.:	Recorded as Llanfair-yn-Nefyn, held by Augustinian Canons of Haughmond Abbey
1694:	Record of a predecessor church
1827:	Construction of the church (work started in c. 1825)
1977:	Foundation of the Llŷn Maritime Museum
2012:	Restoration, new roofing

Important persons:

Patron:

Mary (c. 22 BCE – c. 48 CE, mother of Jesus [featured article])

Sources

Coflein: St Mary’s Church, Nefyn, Aberystwyth 2016, http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/43787/details/st-marys-church-nefyn, retrieved 26/09/2018

Llŷn Maritime Museum: St Mary's Church, http://www.llyn-maritime-museum.co.uk/eng/eglwys-santes-fair.html, retrieved 26/09/2018