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Title: St Mary's in Mold?
Post by: gransworld on Thursday 23 November 06 00:41 GMT (UK)
Could  this  be  St Mary's  in  Mold ?
Quote from: gransworld on Saturday 04 November 06 19:22 GMT (UK)
Title: Re: St Mary's in Mold?
Post by: chris_49 on Thursday 23 November 06 19:46 GMT (UK)
Hello gransworld,

If you mean, is the photo you originally attached to your post as being of Darfield of St Mary's Mold, no I don't think so - not if it is from the mid-1950s. I came to live in the town in 1956 and I don't remember any ivy or similar growth.

Attached is a more recent pic from the church's own site www.virginmary.cwc.net - I don't think they'll mind. The porch shown is not the only door but it is the only one generally used - the west one in the tower is never opened and the one in the north porch is the vicar's private entrance to his vestry.

It's hard to come by early pics of this south elevation as there was a row of shops in front until about 1959.

Chris
Title: Re: St Mary's in Mold?
Post by: gransworld on Thursday 23 November 06 20:28 GMT (UK)
Thank  you  I'm  was not   sure  the  church  was  in  Darfield  when  I  orginally  posted .I  know  that  this  family who  I  can't  find  names  for  took Samuel  Hughes  back  to  Mold  for  burial in  1954/5 to  be  burried  with  Elizabeth and  know  that  St Mary's  in  Mold  was a  church  found  in  some  birth  records though   Samuel  and  wife  Elizabeth  Jones  were  married  in Gwernaffield Wales Holy  Trinity,I'm  having  didfficulty  with  the  Mold  connection.
Title: Re: St Mary's in Mold?
Post by: chris_49 on Thursday 23 November 06 20:47 GMT (UK)
Hello again,

It could be Gwernaffield church  - here's a photo with no ivy on the porch, but  I don't remember visiting this one. Gwernaffield was part of Mold parish (latterly Mold Rural parish) and didn't get a parish of its own until the very last reorganisation. Chris
Title: Re: St Mary's in Mold?
Post by: Ruperta on Saturday 13 January 07 15:03 GMT (UK)
This church porch looks very like Gwernaffield church.  The ivy has now been removed, but the size and style of the arch and the pillars are the same.
 Ruperta
Title: Re: St Mary's in Mold?
Post by: gransworld on Thursday 18 January 07 12:28 GMT (UK)
Thank  you  for  this  answer  Gwernaffield  ............this  is  very  possible.
Title: Re: St Mary's in Mold?
Post by: Peterej on Thursday 18 January 07 13:03 GMT (UK)
I have found a photo of Gwernaffield Church I took about 18 months ago which may help you compare images

Peter
Title: Re: St Mary's in Mold?
Post by: gransworld on Wednesday 24 January 07 17:24 GMT (UK)
Yes  Peter  Gwernaffield    looks  the  same  to  me  as  the  church  I  posted  can  you  tell  me  where  I  might  get burial  records  for  there  on  line? or  who  to  contact.
Title: Re: St Mary's in Mold?
Post by: Megran on Wednesday 24 January 07 18:13 GMT (UK)
Photographs of Flintshire Parish Churches are on the Clwyd FHS website. www.clwydfhs.org.uk  Have you checked the Genuki page for further details.
Title: Re: St Mary's in Mold?
Post by: Peterej on Thursday 25 January 07 17:31 GMT (UK)
Hi

I don't think you will find burial records on-line but the attached photo has a couple of numbers that may help

Peter