Llanrhystud is a seaside village and

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on the

A487 road The A487, officially the Fishguard to Bangor Trunk Road, is a trunk road in Wales that follows the coast from Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, in the south, to Bangor, Gwynedd, in the north. Route The road starts at a junction with the A40 in ...

in the

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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 ...

, in Wales, 9 miles (14 km) south of

Aberystwyth Aberystwyth () is a university and seaside town as well as a community in Ceredigion, Wales. Located in the historic county of Cardiganshire, means "the mouth of the Ystwyth". Aberystwyth University has been a major educational location in ...

, and 7 miles (11 km) north of

Aberaeron Aberaeron, previously anglicised as Aberayron, is a town, community, and electoral ward between Aberystwyth and Cardigan, in Ceredigion, Wales. Ceredigion County Council offices are in Aberaeron. The name of the town is Welsh for ''mouth of the ...

. It takes its name from an early Welsh saint. The community includes the village of Llanddeiniol. The ''

Cofiwch Dryweryn (English: "Remember Tryweryn") or (English: "The Remember Tryweryn Wall") is a graffitied stone wall near Llanrhystud, Ceredigion, Wales. Author and journalist Meic Stephens originally painted the words onto the wall of a ruined cottage in the ...

'' stone wall (English: "Remember Tryweryn") lies on the A487 a mile north of the village.

History

The village is named after the early Christian Welsh St Rhystyd, to whom the local

Church in Wales The Church in Wales ( cy, Yr Eglwys yng Nghymru) is an Anglicanism, Anglican church in Wales, composed of six dioceses. The Archbishop of Wales does not have a fixed archiepiscopal see, but serves concurrently as one of the six diocesan bishop ...

(Anglican) church is dedicated. Rhystyd was among missionaries who arrived from Armorica in the 6th century. According to a leaflet in the Ceredigion Archives: The first mention of an

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is of Griffith Powell, who "on July 24th 1582 was a witness before the

Court Leet The court leet was a historical court baron (a type of manorial court) of England and Wales and Ireland that exercised the "view of frankpledge" and its attendant police jurisdiction, which was normally restricted to the hundred courts. Etym ...

at Aberystwyth". The document adds that Powell had been "in 1544 appointed

priest-in-charge A priest in charge or priest-in-charge (previously also curate-in-charge) in the Church of England is a priest in charge of a parish who is not its incumbent. Such priests are not legally responsible for the churches and glebe, but simply hold a ...

of Llanrhystud at the yearly stipend of five pounds". A

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once existed nearby.

Amenities

The village has a primary school, Ysgol Wirfoddol Myfenydd. It also has a memorial hall, which contains a memorial table to the local fallen in the two World Wars. The village lies on the

Ceredigion Coast Path The Ceredigion Coast Path ( cy, Llwybr Arfordir Ceredigion) is a waymarked long distance footpath in the United Kingdom, on the coast of Ceredigion, Wales. It is in length, running along the coast of Cardigan Bay from Cardigan to ...

, part of the

Wales Coast Path The Wales Coast Path ( cy, Llwybr Arfordir Cymru) is a designated long-distance trail which follows, or runs close to, the coastline of Wales. Launched in 2012, the footpath is long and was heralded as the first dedicated coast path in the wor ...

. There is a

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, the Black Lion, which also serves meals. The village was once served by

Llanrhystyd Road railway station Llanrhystyd Road railway stationRCAHMW
Retrieved : 2012-09-25 ...

, on the now dismantled

Carmarthen–Aberystwyth line The Carmarthen–Aberystwyth line was originally a standard-gauge branch line of the Great Western Railway (GWR) in Wales, connecting Carmarthen and Aberystwyth. It is now also a proposed railway link from Carmarthen railway station to Aberys ...

, nearly 7 miles (11.3 km) up the

at the larger village of

Llanfarian Llanfarian is a village, electoral ward and community in the district county of Ceredigion, Mid-Wales, south of the administrative centre Aberystwyth. Llanfarian village lies above the banks of the river Ystwyth in the Ystwyth Valley. The commu ...

Population

The village had a population of 646 as of the 2011 census, and the wider community, 966. The electoral ward stretches beyond the confines of Llanrhystud to include the village of

Llangwyryfon Llangwyryfon is a village and community in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. It lies on the B4576 about 8 miles to the south and east of Aberystwyth. The village lies in the valley of the River Wyre and contains the roadbridge where the B4576 cross ...

. It has a total population of 1,562.

Notable people

* David Evans (died 1910),

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St Asaph St Asaph (; cy, Llanelwy "church on the Elwy") is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and community (Wales), community on the River Elwy in Denbighshire, Wales. In the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census it had a population of 3,355 ...

David Edward Lewis David (Dafydd) Edward Lewis (7 March 1866 – 17 August 1941) was a Welsh businessman and philanthropist.T. A. Hazell,, ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 10, MUP, 1986, p. 86. Retrieved 5 September 2010 Lewis was born in Llan ...

(1866–1941), businessman and philanthropist in Australia

Gallery

File:Cardigan Bay Beach scene - geograph.org.uk - 22421.jpg, Beach near Llanrhystud File:Ford at Llanrhystyd - geograph.org.uk - 42178.jpg, Ford over the

River Wyre The River Wyre is a river in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, which flows into the Irish Sea at Fleetwood. It is approximately 28 miles (45 km) in length. The river is a County Biological Heritage Site and has a sheltered estuary ...

(now closed) File:Black Lion, Llanrhystud.jpg, Black Lion pub File:Llanrhystud Village Hall - geograph.org.uk - 520675.jpg, Memorial Hall File:Eglwys Sant Rhystud, Llanrhystud, Ceredigion 03.JPG, The church of St Rhystud

External links

Llanrhystud Village InformationLlanrhystud – Ceredigion Historical SocietyLlanrhystud – Extract from "A Topographical Dictionary of Wales" by Samuel Lewis 1833

References

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