Glynarthen is a small village located in
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. It is part of 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, tow ...
of
Penbryn
Penbryn () is a small coastal village and community in Ceredigion, Wales, about from Cardigan.
History
Corbalengi Stone
Standing in a field between Penbryn and Tresaith (grid reference SN28905137) is the 6th century Corbalengi Stone. This 1 ...
, along with the neighbouring villages of
Brynhoffnant
Brynhoffnant is a small village in the community of Penbryn, Ceredigion, Wales, which is 70.4 miles (113.3 km) from Cardiff and 189.1 miles (304.3 km) from London. Brynhoffnant is represented in the Senedd by Elin Jones (Plaid Cymru) an ...
,
Sarnau and
Tan-y-groes
Tan-y-groes (or Tanygroes) is a hamlet in the community of Penbryn, Ceredigion, Wales, which is east of Cardigan on the A487 trunk road. Tan-y-groes is represented in the Senedd by Elin Jones (Plaid Cymru) and the Member of Parliament is Ben L ...
.
Ysgol Glynarthen School was a primary school situated in the village. It was built in 1901 and closed in 2012, with its pupils then attending Ysgol T Llew Jones School in nearby Brynhoffnant.
The school's unison party won their category in the
Urdd Gobaith Cymru Eisteddfod in the Cardiff Millennium Centre in May 2009.
There is a mother chapel in the village which hosts the annual Easter ''Cymanfa''. There is also an active Sunday school.
References
Villages in Ceredigion
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