Llannefydd Explained

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Static Image Caption:Llannefydd
Label Position:left
Official Name:Llannefydd
Welsh Name:Llanefydd
Country:Wales
Os Grid Reference:SH981706
Coordinates:53.223°N -3.527°W
Population:590
Population Ref:(2011)[1]
Community Wales:Llannefydd
Unitary Wales:Conwy
Lieutenancy Wales:Clwyd
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Clwyd West
Constituency Westminster:Bangor Aberconwy
Post Town:DENBIGH
Postcode District:LL16
Postcode Area:LL
Dial Code:01745

Llannefydd (sometimes Welsh: Llanefydd) is a village and community in Conwy County Borough, in Wales. It is located on the border with Denbighshire, between the Afon Aled and River Elwy, 5.7miles north west of Denbigh, 5.8miles south west of St Asaph, 6.9miles south of Abergele and 15.2miles south east of Conwy. In the 2011 census the community parish had a population of 590.[1] The community includes the village of Cefn Berain and part of the hamlet of Bont Newydd.

Saint Nefydd and Saint Mary's church, founded in the fifth century,[2] is Grade I listed; the farms of Berain and Plas Uchaf are Grade II* listed, with Plas Uchaf's gardens being listed at Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales. Numerous agricultural buildings in the community, along with a number of bridges over the two rivers, are Grade II listed.[3] In 1978, archaeological excavations in a cave at Bont-newydd, in the east of the community, unearthed the teeth and jawbone of an 11-year-old Neanderthal boy dating from 230,000 years ago, the oldest human remains discovered in Wales.[4]

Thomas Edwards, better known as the Welsh language dramatist and poet Twm o'r Nant, was born in Llannefydd in 1738, but fled to Llandeilo to avoid imprisonment for his uncle's debts, for which he had stood surety. His anterliwtau (English: interludes), satirical musical plays, lambasted tax collectors, landlords, lawyers and the religious hypocrisy of the established church, and promoted Methodism.[5]

Nearby is the hill Mynydd y Gaer which has a hillfort and is 280 metres (919 feet) with views stretching to Snowdonia, the Clwydian Range and Mynydd Hiraethog.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Area: Llannefydd (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics. Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. 12 May 2014.
  2. Web site: Llannefydd: St Nefydd and St Mary. Clwyd Churches. Clwyd Family History Society. 9 April 2013. 2012.
  3. Web site: Listed Buildings in Llannefydd, Conwy, Wales. British Listed Buildings. British Listed Buildings Online. 9 April 2013.
  4. Web site: The Oldest People in Wales: Neanderthal Teeth from Pontnewydd Cave. Rhagor: Explore Our Collections. National Museum of Wales. 9 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130613164909/http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/rhagor/article/1968/. 13 June 2013. dead.
  5. Web site: Thomas Edwards. Llandeilo Through the Ages. Terry Norman. 9 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130730095224/http://www.llandeilo.org/thomas_edwards.php. 30 July 2013. dead.