Pandy Tudur Explained

Country:Wales
Official Name:Pandy Tudur
Coordinates:53.163°N -3.709°W
Static Image Name:Pandy Tudur church - geograph.org.uk - 194866.jpg
Static Image Caption:Pandy Tudur church
Community Wales:Llangernyw
Unitary Wales:Conwy
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Clwyd West
Constituency Westminster:Bangor Aberconwy
Post Town:ABERGELE
Postcode District:LL22
Postcode Area:LL
Dial Code:01745
Os Grid Reference:SH857642

Pandy Tudur is a village in Conwy county borough, in the north-west of Wales. It lies 5 miles northeast of Llanrwst.

Origins of the name

The name was originally Pandybudr, from the Welsh pandy ('fulling mill') and budr ('dirty'). The meaning 'dirty fulling-mill' was considered unattractive and the adjective budr was replaced in Victorian times by the personal name Tudur, thus giving Pandytudur (supposedly 'Tudur's fulling mill').[1]

Language

At the time of the 2001 UK Census, 55.5% of the population spoke the Welsh language. The highest percentage of speakers was within the 5-9 age group, where 71.1% could speak the language. Children in the village mostly attend a small Welsh-medium primary school in the nearby village of Llangernyw.

Facilities

The village has a chapel of the Presbyterian Church of Wales.

Nearby lie the turbines of Moel Maelogan wind farm.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Owen, Hywel Wyn . Dictionary of the place-names of Wales . Morgan . Richard . Gomer . 2007 . 978-1-84323-901-7 . Llandysul . 358 . 191731809.