Llangwm is a village and
community
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in
Conwy County Borough
Conwy County Borough () is a Principal areas of Wales, county borough in the north Wales, north of Wales. It borders Gwynedd to the west and south and Denbighshire to the east. The largest settlement is Colwyn Bay, and Conwy is the administrativ ...
, in
Wales
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. It is located in the valley of the Afon Medrad, close to the borders with
Denbighshire
Denbighshire ( ; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. It borders the Irish Sea to the north, Flintshire to the east, Wrexham to the southeast, Powys to the south, and Gwynedd and Conwy to the west. Rhyl is the largest town, and Ruthi ...
and
Gwynedd
Gwynedd () is a county in the north-west of Wales. It borders Anglesey across the Menai Strait to the north, Conwy, Denbighshire, and Powys to the east, Ceredigion over the Dyfi estuary to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The ci ...
, south of
Cerrigydrudion, west of
Corwen and south east of
Conwy
Conwy (, ), previously known in English as Conway, is a walled market town, community and the administrative centre of Conwy County Borough in North Wales. The walled town and castle stand on the west bank of the River Conwy, facing Deganwy ...
. At the 2001 census the community had a population of 516, decreasing to 470 at the 2011 census. It is one of three communities in the
Uwchaled ward, and includes the hamlets of
Dinmael, Gellioedd, Glan-yr-afon, Llangwm, Maerdy, and Ty-nant.
The Old House at Cysulog, north-west of Maerdy, is a -storey 17th-century farmhouse built of stone, with slate roofs and some weatherboarding. It bears date panels showing both 1650 and 1652, and is
Grade II* listed
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. In the centre of Maerdy, Gwesty y Gafr () is an early 19th-century inn, which still retains the character of a roadside hostelry. It is
Grade II listed
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. Saint Jerome's Church in Llangwm is also Grade II listed. Although there was a church on the site as early as 1210, the present building is medieval, but was substantially rebuilt in 1747, and further restored in 1873. A 14th-century heraldic stone is set in the gable of the porch. On the hillside north of the village, above the Afon Ceirw, Cefn-nannau Methodist Chapel was built for the
Calvinistic Methodists
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in 1801, and rebuilt in 1896. It is considered an example of an unaltered late-
Victorian country chapel, and is similarly Grade II listed.
Aled Owen is a hill farmer from Ty-nant, who has secured himself a reputation as a world-class
sheepdog trial
A sheepdog trial – also herding event, stock dog trial or simply dog trial — is a competition or test of the working abilities of dogs of herding breeds. It is a type of dog sport that emerged in the 1860s in New Zealand. By the 1870s regul ...
competitor. With his dog Llangwm Bob, he won the 2002 World Sheepdog Trial Championship at
Bala, going on to with the 2008 event at
Llandeilo
Llandeilo () is a town and Community (Wales), community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated where the River Towy is crossed by the A483 road, A483 on a 19th-century stone bridge. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census the community had ...
with Roy. He also took first place at the 2007 International Sheepdog Trials at
Burnchurch Castle in
Ireland
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, again with Roy, equalling the record of three wins with three different dogs. He had previously won in 1999, with an earlier dog named Roy, and in 2000 with Llangwm Bob.
References
External links
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