This small Victorian church, St Mary Magdalene, was first opened on 22nd October 1873, at a total building cost of £800, an amount that seems quite unreal today, as does the £137 spent on building the clock tower to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Jubilee.
The church is in Wales and very near the border with Cheshire, formed across the lane by the Wych Brook. The building has several notable attributes, among them the clock tower, some delightful stained glass, an inscribed font, and a rounded east end.
22 priests have shared the lives of the people of this small village. One of them was R. S. Thomas. He became one of the greatest Welsh poets. Tallarn Green was his second placement, during the dire war years of 1942 to 1945. Here he longed for the use of his Welsh language and was troubled by the distant sights and sounds of bombs falling on Liverpool docks.
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