Capel-y-ffin church in the middle of the black mountains in mid Wales

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Capel -y- ffin is a very small church in the black mountains near Llanthony. It is part of the parish of St Mary's Hay on Wye where the vicar Father Richard Williams takes the services. Capel-y-ffin means "chapel of the boundary". It lies in the valley of the River Honddu close to the borders with Monmouthshire in Wales and Herefordshire in England It is close to the borders of the Anglican dioceses of Hereford, St David's, and Llandaff. The chapel is dedicated to St Mary and was built in 1762, replacing an earlier 15th century structure. With an interior of just 26 by 13 feet (8 by 4 metres), the chapel is one of the smallest in Wales and reminded diarist Francis Kilvert of an owl.

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Location: Capel y fin
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