Ysbyty Ifan Church

Ysbyty Ifan has been described as one of the most historical places in North Wales. The present church stands on the siteof an earlier churchand very near to the place where the ancient Hospis of the Knights of St John was built.

The Hospice is believed to have been founded about the year1190 as a result of an endowment  to the Knights of St John of the Manor of Dolgynwal, and gifts of land by Ifan ap Rhys of Tre Brys. It also became a place of Sanctuary.