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Maes Glas, RHYL, LL18 6HA

Lower Dyserth as seen from the hill above the waterfall. Bethel chapel (right) is now disused; the small white building behind the trees in the centre is the Waterfall Shop which was once the stables for the pub situated next to Bethel.

The bottom half of this building was opened as a shop and pay booth for the Dyserth waterfall in the 1920's. It has since been enlarged and is now also a cafe.

Rare Jacobean canopied tomb at Dyserth church. It is dated 1676 and has an angel carved beneath the canopy.

Skull and crossbones on this old grave in Dyserth churchyard.

Two rare canopied Jacobean graves in the churchyard at Dyserth. One of these is dated 1676. Inside the church, there is a brass plaque which refers to these tombs - "Beneath the canopied tombstones in the adjoining Churchyard are interred the remains of many generations of the ancient family of Hughes of Llewerllyd in this parish - descended in the male line from Prince Cadwalladr second son of Griffith ab Cynan - King of North Wales AD 1079-1130".

The chief glory of this church is the stained glass window above the altar. This has been described as the finest example of a medieval Jesse Window in North Wales. It is basically in two sections. The upper part is a representation of the twelve Apostles and some feel that it is older than the lower section which is the Jesse window - that is the family tree of Christ. Some authorities say that the older part dates from 1430 and the second part resulted from a bequest in 1530. One tradition has it that the glass was originally in the Abbey at Basingwerk.

A church was recorded in Dyserth in the Domesday Book of 1086, but the exact date of any foundation is unknown and very little is known of the saints to whom the church is dedicated. The original structure of the church would have been of wood and has long since disappeared. The earliest parts of the current building date from the 13th century but it has been repaired and renovated many times over the centuries, most notably by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1870s.

A pub on Waterfall Road, Dyserth.