St Dunawd Church

Bangor Is-coed, Flintshire

 

Bangor lies in Maelor Saesneg, which is the detached part of Flintshire. The village is variously referred to as Bangor Is-coed, Bangor-on-Dee or Bangor Monachorum ('Bangor of the monks').

The village was the site of a large monastery, which was established in A.D. 560 by St Dunawd, the first abbot. No trace of the monastery remains, and some suggest that it may have been sited in an area lying beneath the current course of the River Dee.

St Dunawd Church is situated next to bridge over the River Dee, which connects Flintshire and Denbighshire.

The Ormrods of Pickhill Hall had strong connections with the church, and Oliver Ormrod was a churchwarden there for 41 years.

Tablets within the church commemorate the three sons of Oliver Ormrod, who died during the First World War, and Oliver Ogle Ormrod, who was killed fighting in defence of Malta during the Second World War.

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In Memory of / EMILY / WIFE OF OLIVER ORMROD, / OF PICKHILL HALL, AND DAUGHTER OF / W.J.H. MORELAND LL.D., OF RAHEENS PARK, TOMORANEY, CO. CLARE. / DIED 28 APRIL 1903. / IN LOVING MEMORY OF / OLIVER ORMROD, / LT. COL. DENBIGHSHIRE HUSSARS, / YOUNGEST SON OF JAMES ORMROD, / OF HALLIWELL HALL, LANCS., / 41 YEARS CHURCHWARDEN OF THIS PARISH. / BORN SEPT. 15TH 1855. DIED NOV. 27TH 1945. / AND TO THE MUCH LOVED MEMORY / OF THEIR GRANDSONS, / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES ON ACTIVE SERVICE / OLIVER OGLE ORMROD D.F.C. / PILOT OFFICER R.A.F.V.R. / BORN EASTER SUNDAY APRIL 1922. / KILLED DEFENDING MALTA APRIL 22ND 1942. / LIONEL FRANCIS WORSLEY BARKER LIEUT. R.W.F. / ATTACHED HAMPSHIRE REGT. / BORN MARCH 19TH 1920 / KILLED LANDING AT SALERNO SEPT 9TH 1943 / ... [unreadable] THEY GAVE.

Also In Memory of LIONEL JAMES ORMROD, THE ELDEST SON OF OLIVER AND EMILY ORMROD, OF PICKHILL HALL, / LATE 2ND LIEUTENANT 12TH ROYAL LANCERS. / DIED 3RD MAY 1915; AGED 32 YEARS.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF MAURICE SARSFIELD ORMROD, D.S.O. LATE 60TH RIFLES, OF PICKHILL HALL, 1891-1968. ALSO HIS WIFE EVA MARGARETTA ORMROD 1893-1971.

In Memory of OLIVER HUGH / CAPTAIN R.F.A. R.F.C./ KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT / SEPT. 12TH 1916. AGED 30 YEARS. / ALSO LAWRENCE MORELAND M.C. CAPTAIN R.W.F. / DIED AUG. 25TH 1917, FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION ON MAY 27TH / 2ND AND 3RD SONS OF OLIVER AND EMILY.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF / OLIVER OGLE ORMROD, D.F.C. / PILOT OFFICER, R.A.F.V.R. / WHO GAVE HIS LIFE IN DEFENCE OF MALTA / AT HIS TWENTIETH BIRTHDAY APRIL 22, 1942 / DEARLY LOVED ELDEST SON OF MAURICE AND MARDA ORMROD / OF PICKHILL HALL IN THIS PARISH. / THE LORD GAVE, AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY; BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD./ JOB 1.21.