The parish church of St Dubricius Hentland is one of the oldest in the deanery of Ross & Archenfield (the latter name being that of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of roughly the same area).  Although the main part of the church dates from the 13th and 14th centuries, part of the north wall is dated around 1050, the time of Edward the Confessor.

There is strong evidence that Hentland was a thriving community as far back as the 4th and 5th centuries AD, consisting of settlers who were probably drawn to the site by the presence of a spring which runs clear to this day below the north-east corner of the churchyard.

The name Hentland is  modern version of the Welsh Hen-Llan, meaning "Old Church".  It is dedicated to St Dubricius, a legendary but influential figure of that era, who is depicted in the window in the north wall.

For more information on our church, please take a look at our St Dubricius Hentland visitor leaflet.pdf -- and do come and see us!