Llanddewi Rhydderch is a village in Monmouthshire, Wales at OS . It is off the

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, roughly southeast of Abergavenny, lying within the administrative community of Gobion Fawr.

History

The township of Llanddewi Rhydderch grew around the small ''llan'', or

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cell named after St. David. St David's Church holds regular services every week. The present incumbent, Fr John Humphries, has served in the parish since 2012. In 2015 the church was successful in obtaining a National Lottery Grant to clear land at the back of the church to turn into a WW1 Memorial Meadow. The

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has a very old

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, which may be many centuries old and became a finalist in Woodland Trust Welsh tree of the year competition. The village has been home to the honorary consulate of

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since 1996. It is the only official representation of the country in Europe.

Landmarks

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chapel on the edge of the village is a

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and holds services every Sunday.

Notable people

Josh Wardle Josh Wardle is a Welsh software engineer who developed the viral web-based word game ''Wordle''. The New York Times Company acquired ''Wordle'' from Wardle in late January 2022. Wardle lives in Brooklyn, New York. Early life and education W ...

, the developer of the web-based word game

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, was brought up in the village. In 2022 he sold the game to ''

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'' for a sum in excess of $1m.

References

External links

Photo of the church

Chapel Website
Villages in Monmouthshire {{Monmouthshire-geo-stub