Bro Garmon is a sparsely populated
community in
Conwy County Borough, in
Wales. It is located on the eastern side of the
Conwy Valley, stretching from north east of
Llanrwst to just west of
Pentrefoelas, and includes the villages of
Capel Garmon, Glan Conwy,
Melin-y-Coed
Melin-y-Coed is a small rural village in the county of Conwy, Wales. (Translated as Mill in the Woods into English). The earliest surviving building in the village is Cyffdy Hall, built in 1596.
The village lies about a mile and a half southeas ...
, Nebo, Oaklands, Rhydlanfair and Pentre-tafarn-y-fedw.
Moel Seisiog, on the eastern boundary, rises to a height of . The main settlement, Capel Garmon, lies east of
Betws-y-Coed, north west of
Pentrefoelas, south of
Llanrwst and south of
Conwy. At the 2001 census the community had a population of 648, increasing slightly at the 2011 census to 652.
Saint Garmon's church, in Capel Garmon, was consecrated in 1862, but is no longer in use. An
Iron Age firedog, discovered buried in a nearby field in 1852, and now held at the
National Museum of Wales, is considered to have been produced by a master craftsman. It depicts two mythical creatures, part horse and part bull, and is rated as one of the most important examples of decorative ironwork found in the United Kingdom. To the south of the village, a
Neolithic chamber tomb has been dated to 5,500 years ago. Nearby, Melin Plas-yn-Rhos is a water-powered corn mill thought to date from the 18th century.
Waterloo Bridge, which carries the
A5 across the River Conwy to Betws-y-Coed, was built by
Thomas Telford in 1815, the year of the
Battle of Waterloo, and is made wholly from
cast iron. It is
Grade I listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
, and Cyffdy Hall, at Melin-y-coed, and Cilcennus at Oaklands are
Grade II* listed
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. Hendre House is a
Grade II listed building. Its gardens and grounds are listed, also at Grade II on the
.
Numerous other houses, farm buildings and several bridges in the community are also
Grade II listed
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.
The community is part of the
Uwch Conwy
Uwch Conwy is the name of an electoral ward in the southern central part of Conwy County Borough, Wales. It covers three communities, of Bro Garmon, Bro Machno and Ysbyty Ifan.
According to the 2011 UK Census the population of the ward was 1,465.
...
ward for elections to
Conwy County Borough Council.
References
External links
Bro Garmon Community CouncilA Vision of Britain Through TimeBritish Listed BuildingsGeographOffice for National Statistics
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Listed buildings in Conwy County Borough
Registered historic parks and gardens in Conwy County Borough