Ciliau Aeron ( en, where the valley of the river Aeron narrows) 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, ...
and small village 4 miles from
Aberaeron in
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. Cer ...
, Wales on the left bank of the
River Aeron
The River Aeron ( cy, Afon Aeron) is a small river in Ceredigion, Wales, that flows into Cardigan Bay at Aberaeron. It is also referred to on some older maps as the River Ayron.
Etymology
The name of the river means "battle" or "slaughter" and ...
. The community includes the village of
Cilcennin.
The word ''Ciliau'' comes from the Welsh for ''corners''. ''Aeron Corners'' in
English refers to the many bends taken by the river through this area.
The village post office has long gone, but Ciliau has a small, Welsh-speaking school and a village hall. There are fishing lakes in the village, as well as a garden nursery, an organic farm shop and a self-catering holiday centre for special needs children operated by the Ty Glyn Davis Trust.
The Ty Glyn Trust runs an eighteenth-century walled garden alongside the
River Aeron
The River Aeron ( cy, Afon Aeron) is a small river in Ceredigion, Wales, that flows into Cardigan Bay at Aberaeron. It is also referred to on some older maps as the River Ayron.
Etymology
The name of the river means "battle" or "slaughter" and ...
; it is open to the public from dawn to dusk, every day of the week, without charge.
The
Dylan Thomas Trail runs through Ciliau Aeron, passing the Tyglyn Aeron Hotel, which had been the home from the early 1900s of the poet and writer, Evelyn Anna Lewes (1873-1961). She is entered in the Dictionary of Welsh Biography. The publisher,
Geoffrey Faber, bought the mansion in 1930 and
T. S. Eliot took his holidays there throughout the 1930s.
The dockworker-poet James Hughes (Iago Trichrug) 1799-1844 was born in Ciliau Aeron at Neuadd-ddu.
The poet-priest
David Davis (Dafis Castellhywel) 1745-1827 had his first ministry in the village's Unitarian chapel.
Just a mile away is the National Trust's
Llanerchaeron estate.
Ciliau Aeron Halt was a station on the line from
Lampeter
Lampeter (; cy, Llanbedr Pont Steffan (formal); ''Llambed'' ( colloquial)) is a town, community and electoral ward in Ceredigion, Wales, at the confluence of the Afon Dulas with the River Teifi. It is the third largest urban area in Ceredigion ...
to
Aberaeron that closed in 1951.
Governance
An
electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward also includes some of the Aberaeron and
Henfynyw areas. It had a total population at the
United Kingdom Census 2011
A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years. The 2011 census was held in all countries of the UK on 27 March 2011. It was the first UK census which could be completed online via the Internet. The Office for National ...
of 1,974.
References
External links
www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Ciliau Aeron and surrounding area
Villages in Ceredigion
Communities in Ceredigion
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