Tal-y-bont (also known as Talybont) is a village in

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, located on the

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about halfway between

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

Machynlleth Machynlleth () is a market town, community and electoral ward in Powys, Wales and within the historic boundaries of Montgomeryshire. It is in the Dyfi Valley at the intersection of the A487 and the A489 roads. At the 2001 Census it had a popul ...

. At the 2011 census the population was 662 with 63% born in Wales. Tal-y-bont is in the

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Ceulanamaesmawr Ceulanamaesmawr is a community in Ceredigion, Wales, consisting of Tal-y-bont, Bont-goch and the surrounding area. The total population at the United Kingdom Census 2011 A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten ye ...

History

The village stands on the

Afon Leri The Afon Leri ( en, River Leri) is a river in Ceredigion, Wales. It rises at Llyn Craig-y-Pistyll and is joined at Talybont by Afon Ceulan before passing behind Borth to its mouth in the Dyfi estuary at Ynyslas. The river once flowed into Ca ...

and the

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in the area of Genau'r Glyn, at the foot of Ceulan Maes-mawr (). There are old

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and

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mines and

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mills surrounding the village. Although silver and lead had been mined in the area since

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times, it was not until the 19th century that the village began to grow dramatically; the terraces were built during this period for workers who migrated to the area. Many of the houses, for example, the pharmacy, are

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s and maintain original features such as sliding

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. There were only 35 houses in Tal-y-bont in 1835; the majority were

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cottages. At one time, there were 15 shops, a garage, two banks and three

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chapels. The Tabernacl was built in 1812, Eglwys Dewi Sant (St David's Church) was built in 1909, and there is a Bethel, Capel yr Annibynwyr (

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chapel). The Memorial Hall was officially opened on 6 August 1924 in remembrance of those who died during the

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. Since 1966 the village has been home to

Y Lolfa Y Lolfa (Welsh for ''The Lounge'', ) is a Welsh printing and publishing company based in Tal-y-bont, Ceredigion, in Mid-Wales. It publishes a wide variety of books in Welsh and English. It also provides a commercial print service. Y Lolfa was est ...

printers and publishers, which is a local employer, as well as to a garage, a pharmacy, a hairdresser and a

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. There are two

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in Tal-y-bont, Y Llew Gwyn (The White Lion) and Y Llew Du (The Black Lion). The Tal-y-bont annual

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has been held in the Black Lion's old fields for several decades. The village was briefly served by Tal-y-bont railway station on the

Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway The Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway was a gauge narrow gauge railway in Cardiganshire (now Ceredigion) in Mid Wales. It ran from (later renamed ''Llandre station'') on the Cambrian Line, through the village of Tal-y-bont and the valley of t ...

. The village was twinned with Woodbridge near

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in 1922.

Notable residents

Ruth Jên Ruth Jên (born 1964) is a Welsh artist, working in the old shoe shop in the village of Tal-y-bont, Ceredigion. Biography Born Ruth Jên Evans at Cefn Llwyd, she studied on an Art Foundation Course at Carmarthen before completing a degree in ...

, artist who painted the Y Lolfa mural * Mihangel Morgan, novelist * Lewis Thomas, (1832-1913), known as 'The Coal King of Queensland', Australia * Dewi Jenkins,

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Supreme Champion.

Gallery

File:Cattle fair, Tal-y-bont (Cer) NLW3361879.jpg, Cattle fair Tal-y-bont File:Fferyllfa_Tal-y-bont.jpg, Tal-y-bont pharmacy (listed building) File:Tabernacl,_Tal-y-bont.jpg, Tabernacl, Tal-y-bont File:Eglwys Dewi Sant, Tal-y-bont.jpg, Eglwys Dewi Sant
Tal-y-bont File:Bethel, Capel yr Annibynwyr, Tal-y-bont.jpg, Bethel, Capel yr Annibynwyr, Tal-y-bont File:Bible class at Nazareth (CM), Tal-y-bont (Cer) NLW3361278.jpg, Bible class at Nazareth (CM) chapel,

References

External links

tal-y-bont.org
This has been hijacked by what appears to be a Japanese page.
www.geograph.co.uk: photos of Tal-y-bont and surrounding area

papurpawb.com

www.ylolfa.com
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