List of Commissioners' churches in Wales facts for kids

A Commissioners' church is an Anglican church in the United Kingdom built with money voted by Parliament as a result of the Church Building Act 1818, and subsequent related Acts. Such churches have been given a number of titles, including "Commissioners' Churches", "Waterloo Churches" and "Million Act Churches". In some cases the Commissioners provided the full cost of the new church; in other cases they provided a grant and the balance was raised locally. This list contains the Commissioners' churches in Wales.

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Churches

Name and location	Photograph	Date	Grant in £	Architect	Notes and refs.	Grade
St Matthew, Buckley, Flintshire 53°10′28″N 3°04′21″W / 53.1745°N 3.0726°W / 53.1745; -3.0726 (St Matthew's Church, Buckley)		1821–22	4,052	Oates John Oates	Gothic Revival with a tower and spire. Rebuilt 1897–1902.	b II*
St Michael, Llanbadarn Fawr, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion		1830–32	1,289	Haycock Edward Haycock	Gothic Revival with a bell turret. Replaced 1890.	z —
St Thomas, Trevethin, Torfaen		1831–32	1,155	Haycock Edward Haycock	Gothic Revival with a bell turret.
St David, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire		1835–36	3,000	Haycock Edward Haycock	Gothic Revival with a tower.	c II
St Paul, Newport		1835–36	1,350	Wyatt Thomas Henry Wyatt	Gothic Revival with a tower and spire.	c II
St George, Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent		1835–36	1,042	Jenkins John Jenkins	Norman Revival with a tower.	c II
St Mary, Bagillt, Flintshire		1837–39	300	Lloyd John Lloyd	Gothic Revival style.	c II
St Mary, Brymbo, Wrexham		1838	600	Lloyd John Lloyd	Demolished about 1870.	z —
St Mary, Glyntaff, Mid Glamorgan 51°35′48″N 3°19′22″W / 51.5966°N 3.3227°W / 51.5966; -3.3227 (St Mary's Church, Glyntaff)		1838	414	Wyatt Thomas Henry Wyatt	Norman Revival with a tower.	c II
Holy Trinity, Gwernaffield, Flintshire		1838	300	Lloyd John Lloyd	Replaced 1871–72.	z —
St David, Denbigh, Denbighshire 53°11′02″N 3°24′51″W / 53.1839°N 3.4141°W / 53.1839; -3.4141 (St David's Church, Denbigh)		1838–40	250	Penson Thomas Mainwaring Penson	Tower added 1855–58.	c II
Christ Church, Cwmamman, Carmarthenshire		1841	400	Ebbels Robert Ebbels	Gothic Revival with a tower.	c II
Emmanuel, Bistre, Buckley, Flintshire 53°10′04″N 3°05′18″W / 53.1678°N 3.0882°W / 53.1678; -3.0882 (Emmanuel Church, Buckley)		1841–42	200	Lloyd John Lloyd	Gothic Revival with a bell turret.	c II
St Mary, Cardiff, South Wales		1841–43	1,663	Foster Thomas Foster	Norman Revival with two west turrets.	c II
St David, Newtown, Powys		1843–45	2,000	Penson Thomas Mainwaring Penson	Gothic Revival with a tower.	c II
St John, Clydach, Swansea, West Glamorgan 51°41′42″N 3°53′50″W / 51.6951°N 3.8971°W / 51.6951; -3.8971 (St John's Church, Clydach)		1845–47	200	Whittington William Whittington	Gothic Revival with a northwest tower and turrets.	c II
St John the Baptist, Pontfadog, Wrexham 52°55′58″N 3°08′38″W / 52.9329°N 3.1438°W / 52.9329; -3.1438 (St John's Church, Pontfadog)		1845–47	100	Wehnert F. Wehnert	Gothic Revival with a tower.
St David, Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan		1846–47	1,204	Wyatt and Brandon Thomas Henry Wyatt and David Brandon	Gothic Revival with a bell turret.	c II
St John, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire		1846–48	400	Harrison James Harrison	Gothic Revival with a tower.	c II
St Paul, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire		1849–50	250	Scott George Gilbert Scott	Gothic Revival style.
Skewen, West Glamorgan		1849–50	125	Moxham Egbert Moxham	Gothic Revival style.
Holy Trinity, Gwersyllt, Wrexham 53°04′29″N 3°01′20″W / 53.0747°N 3.0221°W / 53.0747; -3.0221 (Holy Trinity Church, Gwersyllt)		1850–51	150	Penson Thomas Mainwaring Penson	Gothic Revival with a steeple.
St Michael, Brynford, Flintshire 53°15′38″N 3°13′59″W / 53.2605°N 3.2330°W / 53.2605; -3.2330 (St Michael's Church, Brynford)		1851–52	125	Wyatt Thomas Henry Wyatt	Gothic Revival with a bell turret.	c II
Holy Trinity, Pillgwenlly, Newport		1851–52	250	Langdon John Langdon	Gothic Revival style.
St Fagan, Trecynon, Mid Glamorgan		1851–53	200	Bury Thomas Talbot Bury	Gothic Revival with a bell gable. Burnt down 1855.	z —
St Elvan, Aberdare, Mid Glamorgan 51°42′48″N 3°26′43″W / 51.7132°N 3.4452°W / 51.7132; -3.4452 (St Elvans' Church, Aberdare)		1852–53	250	Moseley Andrew Moseley	Gothic Revival with a spire.	b II*
St David, Maesteg, Mid Glamorgan		1852–53	100	Moxham Egbert Moxham	Gothic Revival with a bell turret.
St John the Evangelist, Rhosllannerchrugog, Wrexham		1852–53	200	Penson Thomas Mainwaring Penson	Norman Revival with a bell turret.	c II
Holy Trinity, Nantyglo, Blaenau Gwent		1852–54	100	Daniels Joshua Daniels	Gothic Revival with a bell turret.
St David, Rhondda, Mid Glamorgan		c. 1853	60	Bernard Charles Bernard
St Michael, Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent		1853–54	125	Norton John Norton	Replaced 1898.	z —
St Seiriol, Holyhead, Anglesey		1854	185	Verelst Charles Verelst	Gothic Revival with a spire. Demolished in 1992 after the structure became unsafe.	z —
Christ Church, Glanogwen, Llanllechid, Gwynedd		1855–56	300	Wyatt Thomas Henry Wyatt	Gothic Revival with a steeple.
St Peter, Swansea		1856	85	Penson Richard Penson	Gothic Revival with a bell turret.

See also

• List of Commissioners' churches in eastern England
• List of Commissioners' churches in the English Midlands
• List of Commissioners' churches in London
• List of Commissioners' churches in Northeast and Northwest England
• List of Commissioners' churches in southwest England
• List of Commissioners' churches in Yorkshire