St Paul's Heol-Y-Cyw, CF35 6HY
St Paul's Church is on the High Street in Heol-Y-Cyw between the
Primary School and the Pub.
Before the church was built the services were in a cottage near the
present site. Although the village of Heol-Y-Cyw was very small at that
time, people came from a wide area to worship.
Eventually the cottage became too small and so came into being the
present church.
A grant of £50 was made on the 31st July 1888 from the Bishop of
Llandaff’s fund. St Paul’s church was built in 1889 by Messrs
Griffiths, Britannia, Pencoed for the total cost of £300. It followed
the plan of ancient churches with the exception of having the altar,
lectern and pulpit at the west end instead of the east side of the
building.
Although the foundation stone inscription is in the Welsh
language and the services were then conducted in Welsh, today the
service is in English, however for many years the service was conducted
in both Welsh and English.
By 1909/10 due to the efforts of the lay reader Mr J.J. Deer a
Liddiatt Pipe Organ was purchased. Over the years various people were
employed to pump the organ and they were paid 6d for every service.
This went on until 1955 when an electric motor was fitted. The organ
was restored in 1990/92 and declared 150 years old.
For more information see service
times
or map.
