Bwlchygroes (; sometimes spelled Bwlch-y-groes) is a small upland rural village in the
community
A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, ...
and parish of
Clydau
Clydau (sometimes Clydaï or Clydey) is a community and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
Name
The meaning of the Welsh placename is uncertain, although the church is now dedicated to St. Clydaï, an alleged daughter of Brychan.
History
During the ...
, north
Pembrokeshire, Wales, SW of
Newcastle Emlyn
Newcastle Emlyn ( cy, Castellnewydd Emlyn) is a town on the River Teifi, straddling the counties of Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire in West Wales. It is also a community entirely within Carmarthenshire, bordered by those of Llangeler and Cenar ...
and the same distance east of
Crymych
Crymych () is a village of around 800 inhabitants and a community (population 1,739) in the northeast of Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated approximately above sea level at the eastern end of the Preseli Mountains, on the old Tenby to Cardigan ...
.
Community
Bwlchygroes Community Hall occupies part of the former village school, which closed in 2000. Clydau School, in
Tegryn, now serves pupils from Bwlchygroes. School records for 100 years to 1967 are held at the Pembrokeshre Record Office. The village post office closed in 2008. Bwlch-y-Groes Women's Institute papers 1964-2009 are held by Pembrokeshire Record Office.
Chapel
There is a
Calvinist Methodist chapel in the village, dating from 1777; date stones bear several later dates.
Amenities
There is an agricultural merchant in the village as well as holiday accommodation. The old school is the headquarters of the Green Dragon community bus and scooter scheme, funded by the Welsh Government, and is home to the nursery group (''ysgol feithrin'').
Notability
Daniel Blackburn was one of the pioneers for using cooking oil as vehicle fuel in the early 2000s.
Osian Hedd Harries of Bwlchygroes was one of six who repainted the
Cofiwch Dryweryn
(English: "Remember Tryweryn") or (English: "The Remember Tryweryn Wall") is a graffitied stone wall near Llanrhystud, Ceredigion, Wales. Author and journalist Meic Stephens originally painted the words onto the wall of a ruined cottage in the ...
mural in Llanrhystud, Ceredigion, after it was defaced with a “Elvis” graffiti early February 2019.
Bwlchygroes was rated the 6th safest place in Wales in 2014, according to data from UKCrimeStats.
References
External links
19th century map at British History online
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Villages in Pembrokeshire