Baptismal font at Carmarthenshire - geograph

Llanwinio is a

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 ...

Carmarthenshire Carmarthenshire ( cy, Sir Gaerfyrddin; or informally ') is a county in the south-west of Wales. The three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford. Carmarthen is the county town and administrative centre. The county is known as ...

, Wales, north of the hamlet of Gellywen. The population recorded at the 2011 census was 448. The 2011 census showed 46.0% of the population could speak

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, a fall from 62.3% in 2001. In 1844 Samuel Lewis's ''A Topographical Dictionary of Wales'' described Llanwinio as being divided into two sections – an Eastern Division and a Western Division, with a population of 1035: with a population of 422 in the Eastern and 613 in the Western Division. The community is bordered by the communities of

Trelech Trelech (Welsh: ''Tre-lech'') is a village in the parish of Tre-lech a'r Betws, Carmarthenshire, in south-west Wales. It is also the name of the community. Trelech is located some 10 miles north-west of Carmarthen and 6.5 miles south of Newcastle ...

, Meidrim,

Llangynin Llangynin is a community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The Welsh language name of the village means "the church of St. Cynin" The population of the community taken at the 2011 census was 284. St Cynin's church is a grade II* listed buildi ...

and

Llanboidy Llanboidy is a village and community in the principal area and historic county of Carmarthenshire, West Wales. The community includes the village of Llanglydwen. Location According to the 2001 United Kingdom Census, the community had a populat ...

, all in Carmarthenshire, and by

Crymych Crymych () is a village of around 800 inhabitants and a community (population 1,739) in the northeast of Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated approximately above sea level at the eastern end of the Preseli Mountains, on the old Tenby to Cardiga ...

and

Clydau Clydau (sometimes Clydaï or Clydey) is a community and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Name The meaning of the Welsh placename is uncertain, although the church is now dedicated to St. Clydaï, an alleged daughter of Brychan. History During the ...

, both in

Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire ( ; cy, Sir Benfro ) is a Local government in Wales#Principal areas, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and the rest by sea. The count ...

. Gellywen is home of Ainon Baptist Church, built in 1828 and re-built in 1880.

Notable people

* Nathaniel Williams (born 1656 or 1657 – c.1679),

Baptist Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only (believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul compete ...

minister, author and hymn-writer, was born in Llanwinio. * William Evans (bardic name Wil Ifan, 22 April 1883 – 16 July 1968), poet and bard, was born in Cwmbach, near Llanwinio. * Jonathan Reynolds (bardic name Nathan Dyfed), author, poet and father of Llywarch Reynolds, was born in Llanwinio in April 1814.

References

External links

Website with information about the communityAinon Baptist Church
at churches-uk-ireland.org Communities in Carmarthenshire Villages in Carmarthenshire {{Carmarthenshire-geo-stub