Llanafan / Llanafan y Trawsgoed / Llanavan y Trawscoed

Lewis' Dictionary of Wales (1833) notes: "The church is an ancient structure, consisting of a nave, chancel, and south transept; part of the ancient screen which separated the chancel from the nave is still remaining, and exhibits an elegant specimen of carved work; the ancient font, octangular in form, is also preserved." The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) and Kelly's Directory of South Wales for 1895 report the church here as an ancient edifice of stone re-built about 1860. Evans (1914) mentions a modern font in this church, a donation in 1867 when the church was restored. The entry for this church in COFLEIN [www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/400468/details/st-afans-church-llanafan] [accessed 5 January 2020] notes: "During the medieval period the church was a chapelry belonging to Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn parish in the Deanery of Ultra-Aeron. By 1833 the church was the parish church of Llanafan-y-Trawscoed [...] The medieval church was of the same general plan as the current church [...] In 1833 there was a medieval octagonal font. [...] The church was altered in 1866-7 by William Butterfield, when it was given a new west end, and the present octagonal ashlar font was installed."