St Twrog's Church, Bodwrog

St Twrog's Church, Bodwrog
The west and south sides of the church
St Twrog's Church, Bodwrog Location in Anglesey
Coordinates: 53°16′18″N 4°24′02″W / 53.271548°N 4.400469°W / 53.271548; -4.400469
OS grid reference	SH 400 776
Location	Bodwrog, Anglesey
Country	Wales, United Kingdom
Denomination	Church in Wales
History
Founded	Late 15th century
Dedication	St Twrog
Architecture
Status	Church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Designated	5 April 1971
Style	Medieval
Specifications
Length	46 ft (14.0 m)
Width	13 ft (4.0 m)
Materials	Rubble masonry
Administration
Parish	Llandrygarn with Bodwrog with Heneglwys with Trewalchmai with Llannerch-y-medd
Deanery	Malltraeth
Archdeaconry	Bangor
Diocese	Diocese of Bangor
Province	Province of Wales
Clergy
Rector	Vacant since December 2000

St Twrog's Church is a small rural church at Bodwrog in Anglesey, North Wales. Built in the late 15th century in a medieval style, some alterations have been made but much of the original structure still remains. It has two 15th-century doorways (one later converted into a window) and some 15th-century windows. The bull's head decoration used on the church denotes a connection with the Bulkeleys of Beaumaris, a prominent north Wales family over several centuries. Set in a remote part of the countryside in the middle of Anglesey, it is dedicated to St Twrog, who was active in the late 5th and early 6th centuries. The church's tithes were paid for at least two hundred years to Jesus College, Oxford, which has historically strong links with Wales, and the college at one point built a house for the priest who served St Twrog's and a neighbouring parish.

The church is still used for worship by the Church in Wales, as one of seven churches in a Ministry Area. It is a Grade II* listed building, a national designation given to "particularly important buildings of more than special interest", in particular because it is regarded as "a good rural late Medieval church". It is built from rubble masonry with a slate roof. The interior is lit by gas lamps.

The church is in a churchyard in "a remote rural location" on Anglesey,Wales, about 4 miles (6.4 km) from the county town of Llangefni, at the side of a small road between Gwalchmai and Llynfaes. The date of first construction of a Christian building at this location is unknown. The parish takes its name from Twrog, a saint who lived in the late 5th and early 6th centuries, to whom the church is dedicated: the Welsh word bod means "abode" or "dwelling", and "-wrog" is a modified form of the saint's name – i.e. "Twrog's dwelling". One of his brothers, St Gredifael, is commemorated in another Anglesey church, St Gredifael's Church, Penmynydd.