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St. David's Church and Graveyard

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St. David's Episcopal Church, also known as St. David's at Radnor or Old St. David's, is a parish of the Episcopal Church located at 763 South Valley Forge Road in Radnor Township, Pennsylvania. The church property contains the original church built in 1715, a chapel, church offices, school and cemetery. The property straddles the borders of Radnor Township and Newtown Township in Delaware County and the majority of the cemetery is in Easttown Township, Chester County. It was founded c. 1700 in the Welsh Tract section of the Province of Pennsylvania by Welsh settlers and has grown to be the largest congregation in the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania with approximately 3,000 members.Art Carey, "For rector, an anthem of dreams: Faithful to Phillies". The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 13, 2008. The original church and cemetery were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Read more on Wikipedia

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