Service Times
Wednesday
9:30am – Holy Eucharist
Sunday
11:00am – Holy Eucharist
Facilities
St Michael’s has a fully accessible WC on the ground floor as well as an additional WC upstairs. We also have a recently renovated kitchen, spacious upstairs meeting room equipped with Wi-Fi (this is available for hire).
| Parking | Only road side following church boundary wall so dependent on availability. No designated disabled parking. |
| Churchyard paths | Even tarmac path from the main gate leading up to church. Also path from main road with several uneven steps and handrail. |
| Door access | No steps into church. Wide door is wheelchair accessible. Very small step into nave which can be overcome by wheelchair. |
| Inside church | Room for wheelchair at end of pews. One step up to chancel and one up to altar. However, Communion is taken at base of steps. Meeting room is up flight of stairs – no lift. |
| Accessible Toilet | Accessible toilet on ground floor with rails. Additional toilet upstairs. |
| Induction Loop | There is an induction loop in this church. |
About
St Michael’s is well known for it’s very warm welcome, not just for regulars but just as importantly, for visitors and newcomers to the village. Members of the congregation work closely together, ensuring the life of the church is supported in a wide variety of ways. St Michael’s sister churches, St Martin’s at Cwmyoy and St David’s at Llanthony each have a monthly service on the first Sunday of the month. Post-covid, the three churches work very closely together as one church community.
Refreshments are provided after the Sunday morning services which give parishioners a chance to catch up and also to meet visitors. St Michael’s has an annual Pet Service in October and a Remembrance service in November as well as the usual seasonal Christmas and Easter services. Our Harvest Service is a joint service with our local Baptist Chapel – Zoar Chapel in Pandy.
We are lucky enough to have recently purchased a new organ and so have our services accompanied each week. During special services such as the MA Evensong service, the NMMA “Pop-Up Choir” comes to sing, accompanied by Philip Norman. Over the last 12 months or so St Michael’s has hosted quizzes, talks, a cheese and wine evening, fish and chip suppers and training events.
St Michael’s has a busy Craft Group which meets at the church on alternate Mondays. All are welcome and encouraged to bring along whatever craft project they’re currently working on, or learn completely new skill – sewing knitting, crochet, embroidery, quilting, the list is endless!
The Craft Group recently worked together to produce hundreds of flowers to make the Tower of Flowers which adorned the church tower during and after the very successful Flower Festival (pictured above).
Anyone interested in attending the Craft Club, please contact Sian Lloyd for more details on: 07889 581181. Click below for more info:
History
The Book of Llandaff suggests the church was founded before the close of the tenth century. The church is said to have been built as the successor to the small chapel of St Michael, which formerly stood at the peak of the Skirrid, a short distance to the south of Llanvihangel Crucorney.
In 1542, King Henry VIII granted the tithes of Llanvihangel Crucorney and several neighbouring parishes to the establishment and maintenance of a grammar school for boys at Abergavenny.
The nave of the church is of Norman origin, though it has since seen many alterations. The base of the tower and the chancel were probably added in the 13th or 14th centuries, and it is likely the tower was extended to its current height and the south porch was built in the 16th century.
In 1835 the nave had fallen into disrepair. Instead of being repaired the nave walls were largely pulled down and rebuilt. With them the original oak roof was destroyed and replaced by an extemporaneous roof. The present windows were inserted later that century, between 1887 and 1897.
In 1974 history repeated itself as the nave roof was again failing so it was pulled down. This time the church could only afford to partially rebuild the roof so much of the nave remained exposed to the elements until the 2000s when a new roof was built with the help of the Heritage Lottery Fund.