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Final service for medieval church (Wales)

Worshippers at a 13th Century rural church are preparing to gather outside it for its final service.

The small congregation at St Elidyrs in the parish of Crunwere in Pembrokeshire will say goodbye on Sunday to a building deemed unsafe two years ago.

The church has been surrounded by orange tape and signs warning people not to enter since it was declared structurally unsafe in the summer of 2007.

The graveyard and its grounds have and will remain open for burials and visits by relatives.

Read entire article at BBC