Llanfair, Ceredigion

Llanfair
  • Welsh: Llanfair Clydogau

Afon Teifi at Llanfair Clydogau, Ceredigion
Llanfair
Llanfair shown within Ceredigion
OS grid reference SN622514
• Cardiff 90 mi (140 km)SE
Principal area
Ceremonial county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Lampeter
Postcode district SA48
Dialling code 01570
Police Dyfed-Powys
Fire Mid and West Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament
Welsh Assembly

Llanfair Clydogau is a small village and community encompassing 3232 ha, located about 4 miles north-east of Lampeter on the B4343 road, in Ceredigion, Wales. It has a population of 634 as of the 2011 UK census, 87.5% of whom are Welsh-speaking,[1] formerly located within the hundred of Moyddyn.[2]

The community is located at the southernmost area of Ceredigion's former lead and silver mines, which until the 1760s were highly productive. Clydogau refers to the River Clydogau or Clywedogau as it was originally spelt. The meaning of "clywedog" is audible, or noisy. The basins of Clywedog-isaf, Clywedog-ganol and Clywedog-uchaf are nearby.[1]

There are two churches still in regular use, Saint Mary's Parish Church[3][4] and the Welsh Independent Capel Mair, built in 1825,[2] which is a Grade II listed building.[5][6] Both churches have recently received improvements.[7]

Local native and scholar G.J. Williams, (1892-1962), was the first president of Yr Academi Gymreig (Welsh Academy).[1]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 The Welsh Academy Encyclopedia of Wales. p. 487
  2. 1 2 GENUKI: Llanfair Clydogau
  3. ↑ "Church of St Mary, Llanfair Clydogau (C) John Lord". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Churches - The Church in Wales". The Church in Wales. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Capel Mair Welsh Independent Chapel, Llanfair Clydogau - Coflein". www.coflein.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Capel Mair, Llanfair Clydogau, Ceredigion". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Llanfair Clydogau". Retrieved 19 August 2018.

References

  • The Welsh Academy Encyclopedia of Wales, University of Wales Press, Cardiff, Published 2008, Co-Editors: John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Pereduri I. Lynch, ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6
  • GENUKI: Llanfair Clyodau


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