 Local poet Glyn Guto'r Glyn (c. 1412 – c. 1493) wrote of Sion ap Madog, the great-nephew of Owain Glyndŵr, as "Alecsander i Wrecsam" (an Alexander for Wrexham).In the mid-15th century, the parish church was gutted by fire.The main part of the current church was built in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.