St Michael & All Angels Church, Tongwynlais

Christmas at St Michael & All Angels Church, Tongwynlais

  • Shared Carol Service at Ainon Baptist Church: 21 December at 5pm
  • Nativity Service: 21 December at 9.30am
  • Christingle & Crib Service: 24 December at 4pm
  • Christmas Day Eucharist: 25 December at 9.30am

St Mary’s Church, St Fagans Christmas Bazaar

Saturday 29 November, 11am to 1pm at Glamorgan Wanderers RFC. There will be a variety of stalls selling cakes, toys and books, and plants. There will also be refreshments, tombola, games and Father Christmas arriving at 12 midday.

Quiet Christmas Service

A gentle and reflective time with music and readings. 7pm on 15 December at Christ Church, Radyr.

Gold chalice and salver on table

First Sunday of Christmas: Ministry Area Eucharist

There will be a Ministry Area Eucharist to celebrate the First Sunday of Christmas at 11am on Sunday 28 December at Christ Church, Radyr. This will be the only service in the MA on this day.

About

St Michael and All Angels Church in Tongwynlais originally belonged to the parish of Whitchurch, Cardiff. In 1850, the squire of Greenmeadow named Henry Lewis had his coach house converted to a church and school, removing the need to journey to Whitchurch. In 1875, Henry Lewis donated a site for a purpose-built church, together with £100 towards its building, and the church’s founding stone was laid. Contributions were also received from the Llandaff Church Extension Society and the Melingriffith Tin Plate Works (the largest tin plate works in the world by the end of the 18th century).

History

John Pritchard, a Welsh architect in the neo-Gothic style (who’d established a practice at Llandaff, Cardiff becoming the ‘Resident Diocesan Architect’ in December 1844) was engaged in the church’s build.

St Michael and All Angels Church is constructed in red and grey sandstone and was opened in 1877. It would function as a chapel of ease to St Mary’s Church, Whitchurch for the next 44 years. 

Its rood screen (an ornate partition between the Chancel and the Nave) was donated by Herbert Cory who became the Sheriff of Glamorgan in 1913 and was created a baronet in 1919. The rood screen was in thanksgiving for the safe return of the villagers who fought in the First World War.

After the formation of the Church in Wales in 1920, changes were carried out to the parish structures in the area. In 1921, St Michael’s was partitioned from the Parish of Whitchurch, and was placed in a new Parish of Tongwynlais. The new parish was initially in the Deanery of Caerphilly but has since been transferred to the Deanery of Llandaff.

St Michael’s saw its grounds reduced in width in 1950 owing to a road-widening scheme. In 1954, St Michael’s was joined in its parish by St James’ Church in Taff’s Well and St Mary’s Church in Nantgarw, which had both been separated from the Parish of Eglwysilian, though St Mary’s in Nantgarw closed in 1983.  St Michael’s gained listed status in 1977. St Michael’s has never had a graveyard, but has a burial plot for cremated remains which was consecrated during the tenure of Rev’d Peter Lewis in the 1970s.

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