Our award-winning Churchyard is freely open for the enjoyment of the community and visitors. A lot of hard work is put in by a group of dedicated volunteers who strive to increase the biodiversity of the area, whilst providing space for quiet prayer, reflection and meditation.
Springtime flowers in St Mary’s churchyard Wild Daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) Bright, joyful, and resilient – it’s no wonder the Marie Curie logo is the distinctive daffodil. Poking up after a long winter gloom, the daffodils symbolises rebirth and strength after difficult times. Captured in Wordsworth’s famous poetry, it’s hard to not feel Read more…
27th May 1932 – 21st October 2021 Len worked as a volunteer with many people over many years at St Mary’s churchyard in Chirk and Chirk station. Len was a very private person, shy, intelligent and inquisitive. We all looked up to him and would ask his advice, listen to his wisdom, views Read more…
We held a plant sale at the beginning of June. We raised £957. This money will help fund work we do in the churchyard. It was a great community event. A few people also asked about volunteering with the team as well. Thank you to all who donated plants, bought Read more…
Thanks to a great response, we are excited to publish three galleries in our exhibition this weekend : Gallery 1 – The Church (available 8th May at 3:30 pm) Gallery 2 – Church Events (available 9th May at 3:30 pm) Gallery 3 – The Churchyard (available 10th May at 3:30 Read more…
This evening, the Bench of Bishops of the Church in Wales have issued a pastoral declaration in light of new governmental guidance on the Coronavirus (COVID-19). As both St Mary’s (Chirk) and St David’s (Froncysyllte) are part of the Church in Wales, we are sad to inform you that we Read more…
A total of 14 species and the highlight was a male Blackcap in the silver birch on the raised embankment adjacent to the hall. The Blackcap is predominantly a summer migrant that breed here. Look up British Trust for Ornithology for more information. This month’s survey took place on 6th February 2020, Read more…
Kit has done his monthly early morning bird survey on the 8/11/2019 at 8:20 – 9:20am : Species recorded (Birds): 14 Blackbird (6) Blue Tit (5) Carrion Crow (2) Goldcrest (1) Greenfinch (2) House Sparrow (6) Jackdaw (9) Magpie (4) Nuthatch (2) Robin (1) Woodpigeon (10) Wren (2) Mistle Thrush Read more…
Kitt’s monthly bird survey 5.10.2019 at 08:15 – 09:10 Species recorded (Birds): 13 Blackbird (7) Blue Tit (6) Carrion Crow (3) Dunnock (2)Great Spotted Woodpecker (1) Great Tit (4) Jackdaw (8)Jay (1) Long-tailed Tit (8) Magpie (1) Nuthatch (3) Robin (2) Woodpigeon (15) The team has been busy cutting the Read more…
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