Holy Cross Church also known as Chapel of Ease.
 
       
  The Margam Chapel of Ease was consecrated on 15th September 1827 having been built on land given by Mr. Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot of Margam Park. The whole of the land comprising the surrounding graveyard was given at different periods by the Talbot family. Originally within the Parish of Margam Holy Cross became part of the Parish of St. Theodore, Port Talbot in 1901.    
       

By that time Holy Cross had fallen into severe disrepair. A restoration took place in 1903 at which time the Church, which had previously been bilingual, became exclusively Welsh speaking. A further renovation took place in 1915. Electricity was introduced to Holy Cross in 1949. An English service started once a month in 1953 but by the 1980s the concept of a Welsh church within the parish was untenable and English again became the norm.

The Holy Eucharist is celebrated in the church every Sunday at 8.30 a.m. (except the first Sunday of the month when we meet together in the parish church). Baptisms, Weddings and funerals along with other occasional services as detailed in the Calendar mean that the Church retains a valued place within the parish.

Holy Cross Chapel of Ease is situated on Junction 40 of the M4.

 
 

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