Elysian Grove (
Welsh: ''Llwyn Afallon'')
[Elysian Grove](_blank)
Ceredigion County Council website, accessed 31 March 2014. is a street in the
community
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and town of
Aberystwyth,
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. Cer ...
, Wales, which is from
Cardiff
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.
The area was built up in the 1930s. Prior to this, Elysian Grove, also known as Panglais Dingle,
[''A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to North Wales (southern Section)'', p. 42, Ward, Lock & Company, 1912 .] referred to an area on the lower slopes of Panglais Hill.
[ It was well known as an entertainment venue, with an open air stage during the summer, mainly offering concerts and ]pierrot
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.[ There was also a pay-for-entry playground and woodland walks run by the Penglais Estate.][ Live outdoor entertainment began on the site in the late 1890s and continued until 1926.][Ieuan Gwynedd Jones, ''Aberystwyth, 1277-1977'', pp. 119, 121, Gomer Press, 1977, .] A contract for a 1,000-seat pavilion was tendered in 1908."Contractors column"
''The Electrical Review'', vol. 62, iss. 1587, p. 699, 24 April 1908. and built by 1910.[ The remains of the stage, located slightly uphill of the start of Dan-Y-Coed, were still visible in the 1970s.][
]
See also
*List of localities in Wales by population
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References
External links
Peter Davis Digitised Postcards Collection:Coflein
postcard depicting a woodland walk in Elysian Grove.
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Villages in Ceredigion