Penrhyn-coch is a small
Welsh village, in the community of
Trefeurig,
Ceredigion, located between the
Afon Stewi
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and
Nant Seilo rivers, close to where they merge into the
Afon Clarach. The village is approximately north-east of
Aberystwyth
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.
The village has expanded since the 1970s with several housing estates being built. There are around 480 houses and an estimated
population of 1,037 (2005). Most of the working population is employed in Aberystwyth or at the nearby Aberystwyth University, Institute of Biological and Environmental Research.
Facilities
Penrhyn-coch has a range of facilities including a school,
post office,
petrol station, social club,
tennis courts, children's playground, two places of worship
St. John's
parish church and Horeb
Nonconformist
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Culture and society
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chapel, three halls and a nursery. Just outside the village is a
Natural Resources Wales (formerly Forestry Commission) site named Gogerddan Allt Ddel, with
hillwalking and
picnic
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facilities.
Penrhyncoch F.C.
Penrhyncoch Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl Droed Penrhyncoch) is a semi-professional football
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of the
Cymru North league play at ''Cae Baker'' in the centre of the village.
History
The village of Penrhyn-coch is a recent development; in the 18th century there was no village, the land formed part of the
Gogerddan Estate owned by the Pryse family. The village started to develop at the end of the 18th century, but major growth did not occur until after the break-up of the Gogerddan Estate in the 1940s.
A memorial to the fallen of both
World Wars who came from the village and surrounding area can be found outside the post office. The large block of
quartz used for the memorial, according to a thesis published in 1939,
''The Modern Antiquarian'' , Penrhyn-Coch War Memorial (Banc Troed Rhiw Seiri Stone) (Standing Stone / Menhir)
/ref> is an ancient standing stone
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.
Notable residents
Penrhyn-coch was the birthplace of the great 14th-century poet Dafydd ap Gwilym and home for a period in the 1750s to hydrographer
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and scholar Lewis Morris
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. Revered national librarian David Jenkins lived there since childhood. It is the chosen home of novelist Niall Griffiths.
References
External links
Penrhyn-coch Community SchoolPenrhyncoch Football Club
BBC - Mid Wales History - Penrhyncoch Village Hallwww.geograph.co.uk : photographs of Penrhyn-coch and surrounding area
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Villages in Ceredigion