Llanwinio Explained

Llanwinio is a village^[1] and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, 2.7miles north of the hamlet of Gellywen.

The population recorded at the 2011 census was 448.^[2] The 2011 census showed 46.0% of the population could speak Welsh, a fall from 62.3% in 2001.^[3]

In 1844 Samuel Lewis's A Topographical Dictionary of Wales described Llanwinio as being divided into two sections – an Eastern Division and a Western Division, with a population of 1035: with a population of 422 in the Eastern and 613 in the Western Division.^[4]

The community is bordered by the communities of Trelech, Meidrim, Llangynin and Llanboidy, all in Carmarthenshire, and by Crymych and Clydau, both in Pembrokeshire.

Gellywen is home of Ainon Baptist Church, built in 1828 and re-built in 1880.^[5]

Notable people

• Nathaniel Williams (1656 or 1657 – ca.1679), Baptist minister, author and hymn-writer, was born in Llanwinio.^[6]
• Jonathan Reynolds (bardic name Nathan Dyfed), author, poet and father of Llywarch Reynolds, was born in Llanwinio in April 1814.
• Jacob Thomas (VC) (1833–1911), Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross following the Siege of Lucknow in 1857
• William Evans (1883–1968), bardic name Wil Ifan, poet and bard, was born in Cwmbach, near Llanwinio.

External links

• Website with information about the community
• Ainon Baptist Church at churches-uk-ireland.org

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2017 . Llanwinio, Carmarthenshire . visionofbritain.
2. Web site: Community population 2011. 16 April 2015.
3. Web site: 2011 Census results by Community . . 2015 . 12 August 2015 .
4. Web site: GENUKI: Llanwinio, Carmarthenshire.
5. http://www.churches-uk-ireland.org/carmar.html "The Churches of Britain and Ireland: Carmarthenshire" at www.churches-uk-ireland.org
6. s-WILL-NAT-1656. Williams, Nathaniel (1656/7 - 1679), author. Bowen. David James. 1959. 2 March 2009.