All Saints' Church, Gresford

All Saints’ Church stands in Gresford, a former coal-mining village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. Built mainly in the late 15th century, it is a large sandstone church with fine medieval features. Its size and furnishings suggest it once served a wide medieval parish of over thirty square miles. The church holds the most surviving medieval stained glass of any Welsh church. It also contains remarkable monuments and a remarkable Roman altar found hidden in its walls. The church’s bells are counted among the traditional Seven Wonders of Wales. Their pure tone is praised in a well-known rhyme alongside other Welsh landmarks. The bells have rung for centuries, including on 5 November and during wartime warnings. Inside, visitors find rich memorials to the Trevor family, including an alabaster effigy and painted figures. The Lady Chapel preserves a window telling the Life of the Virgin in several scenes. Late medieval misericords show lively carvings, including a devil and sledge scene. The churchyard is enclosed by ancient yew trees, some dating back to before the 14th century. A stone near the south gate is one of the oldest, planted long before Richard II’s order. Six Commonwealth war graves lie among the yews, marking service personnel from the First World War. The church itself shelters a Roman altar once used for offerings to the goddess Nemesis. Its carved sides and top depression remain clearly visible today.