The Parish of Porth Newydd
St John The Evangelist Church - Cymmer, Rhondda, South Wales, UK.
Location of our church - click HERE
History of the church
During
the early nineteenth century those who lived in the area of Cymmer and Porth
were situated in the Parish of Llantrisant. They would have had to travel
to Llanwonno, Ystradyfodwyg and Llantrisant for their Worship.
In 1874 a committee was formed un the Parish of Llantrisant to consider whether to build a church in Cymmer. It was then settled that a church would be built in Cymmer, and the foundation stone was laid by Archdeacon of Llandaff on the 14th June 1888.
The church of St John the Evangelist was consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Llandaff, the Right Rev. Richard Lewis, on the 5th June 1889 and it is now well over 110 years old. Major restoration work has been carried out in recent years inside the church. The new light wood furniture has given it a very modern lift. Click HERE for interior Pictures.
A list of incumbents of St Johns church can be found HERE
More history of Religion of Porth and the Rhondda Valleys HERE
St John's Centenary booklet 1889-1989
Click HERE for a slideshow of the refurbishment work being carried out.
Click HERE for a slideshow of 2005 open days on 6th and 7th May
Click HERE for St John the Evangelist interior Pictures
Click HERE
for a Virtual Tour of St John's
Click HERE to view St John's Centenary Booklet 1889-1989
Do you have old pictures of St John's Church?..Would you be willing to lend them so that they may be shown here?...if so please get in touch. Please e-mail me info@porthnewydd.org or phone Luke....see contacts page.
Do you have any memories of St John's Church?...If so please get in touch so that St John's History can be shown here for all to see. Please e-mail me info@porthnewydd.org or phone Luke....see contacts page.
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