Cwrtnewydd, or Cwrt-newydd, or Cwrt Newydd, is a village in the community and parish of
Llanwenog
Llanwenog is both a village and a community in Ceredigion, Wales. In 2011 the population of Llanwenog was 1,364, of whom 57.0% were able to speak Welsh. The community includes the villages of Alltyblacca, Gorsgoch, Cwmsychbant, Cwrtnewydd Hig ...
, towards the south of the county of
Ceredigion
Ceredigion ( , , ) is a county in the west of Wales, corresponding to the historic county of Cardiganshire. During the second half of the first millennium Ceredigion was a minor kingdom. It has been administered as a county since 1282. Cere ...
, Wales.
Cwrtnewydd is on the B4338 road, north of the
A475, just to the west of the town of
Lampeter
Lampeter (; cy, Llanbedr Pont Steffan (formal); ''Llambed'' (colloquial)) is a town, community and electoral ward in Ceredigion, Wales, at the confluence of the Afon Dulas with the River Teifi. It is the third largest urban area in Ceredigion, ...
and to the northwest of
Llanybydder
Llanybydder (, sometimes formerly spelt ''Llanybyther'') is a market town and community straddling the River Teifi in Carmarthenshire, West Wales. At the 2011 Census, the population of the community was 1638, an increase from 1423 at the 2001 ...
.
Notable people
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Abel Morgan (1673-1722), Welsh Baptist minister, born in Cwrtnewydd
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David Bevan Jones (1807–1863), (AKA Dewi Elfed), Baptist minister in Cwrtnewydd, bard, and leading figure in the Latter Day Saint movement
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David Thomas (1828–1909), (AKA Dewi Hefin), poet and teacher, schoolmaster in Cwrtnewydd
* (1875-1964), poet and local historian, born in Cwrtnewydd
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Edgar Evans
Petty Officer Edgar Evans (7 March 1876 – 17 February 1912) was a Royal Navy officer and member of the "Polar Party" in Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated ''Terra Nova'' Expedition to the South Pole in 1911–1912. This group of five me ...
(1912-2007), operatic tenor, born in Cwrtnewydd
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Villages in Ceredigion
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