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Felindre Farchog (; rough English translation: mill village of the knight, or horseman) is a small village in the
At the eastern end of the village is the College, a 17th-century building founded by Sir George Owen and modernised in 1852 by Sir Thomas Lloyd in Gothic style to house the Court of the Lordship of Cemais. The building became private accommodation in 1976. A few yards northeast of the College is a pair of estate cottages, numbers 1 and 2 Pendre, Henllys Road, both listed Grade II, built about 1860. No.1 retains the original sash windows.
Cwmgloyne is a 17th-century Grade II listed mansion about half a mile north of the village. The house has been much altered since. Originally an estate with lands across several parishes, the estate was broken up towards the end of the 19th century.
Yr Hen Gapel is Grade II listed as a rare example of a small early chapel. Built in 1791, it was rebuilt in 1810, converted to a Sunday School in 1857 and later in the 19th century became the vestry to Cana Chapel. Cana Chapel is a Grade II listed building built in 1810, rebuilt in 1857, and still in use in 2006.
The parish church of Saint Andrew at Bayvil, an early 19th-century Georgian building, is disused but upkept.
Wenallt is a Grade II listed farmhouse southeast of the village, listed for being a traditional 19th century farmhouse.
Felindre Farchog Article written by local residents
{{authority control Villages in Pembrokeshire
community
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of Nevern
Nevern ( cy, Nanhyfer) is both a parish and a community in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The community includes the settlements of Felindre Farchog, Monington, Moylgrove and Bayvil. The small village lies in the Nevern valley near the Preseli Hills of t ...
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 ...
, Wales, located around south-west of Cardigan, and within the parish
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of Bayvil
Bayvil ( cy, Y Beifil) is a hamlet and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated in the north of the county, east of Newport. It is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The parish includes most of the village of Felindre Farchog. Tog ...
. 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 ...
from Cardigan to Newport runs through the village.
The village, on the River Nevern
The River Nevern ( cy, Afon Nyfer) is a river in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Its source is north of the village of Crymych and its length is about to its estuary at Newport, Pembrokeshire.
Course
The source of the river is a spring on the southwest ...
, consists of a few houses (including eight listed buildings, one a former college) and an inn.
History
There is a prehistoric earthwork in the south of the village, described as being circular and about 25m in diameter. A number of small mines used to exist to the south-west of the village. To the east of the village the main road crosses the medieval bridge Pont Baldwyn over Nant Duad, believed to be named after Archbishop Baldwin who withGerald of Wales
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campaigned and preached in the area in the late 12th century. To the west, the River Nevern is crossed by an unnamed bridge.
Felindre Farchog developed as a result of its position on the main route between the former ports of Cardigan and Newport, a road which is now part of the A487. In the 17th century the rural poor lived in earth houses, while a number of significant buildings were established nearby.
Significant buildings
At the eastern end of the village is the College, a 17th-century building founded by Sir George Owen and modernised in 1852 by Sir Thomas Lloyd in Gothic style to house the Court of the Lordship of Cemais. The building became private accommodation in 1976. A few yards northeast of the College is a pair of estate cottages, numbers 1 and 2 Pendre, Henllys Road, both listed Grade II, built about 1860. No.1 retains the original sash windows.
Cwmgloyne is a 17th-century Grade II listed mansion about half a mile north of the village. The house has been much altered since. Originally an estate with lands across several parishes, the estate was broken up towards the end of the 19th century.
Yr Hen Gapel is Grade II listed as a rare example of a small early chapel. Built in 1791, it was rebuilt in 1810, converted to a Sunday School in 1857 and later in the 19th century became the vestry to Cana Chapel. Cana Chapel is a Grade II listed building built in 1810, rebuilt in 1857, and still in use in 2006.
The parish church of Saint Andrew at Bayvil, an early 19th-century Georgian building, is disused but upkept.
Wenallt is a Grade II listed farmhouse southeast of the village, listed for being a traditional 19th century farmhouse.
Amenities
The Salutation Inn stands by the river in the centre of the village. It is marked on a pre-1850 parish map and is believed to be part-16th century. National Cycle Route 82 ( Bangor toFishguard
Fishguard ( cy, Abergwaun, meaning "Mouth of the River Gwaun") is a coastal town in Pembrokeshire, Wales, with a population of 3,419 in 2011; the community of Fishguard and Goodwick had a population of 5,407. Modern Fishguard consists of two pa ...
) passes through the village.
See also
*Felindre
Felindre is a rural village in southern Wales. Felindre is located in the far north of Swansea, in the electoral ward of Mawr.
The nearby Lower Lliw Reservoirs are a popular venue for walking and fishing. The water mill in the village was workin ...
, a village near to Swansea
* Dre-fach Felindre
Dre-fach Felindre is a village in Carmarthenshire, West Wales. It is located four miles south-east of Newcastle Emlyn. It lies at the confluence of three fast-flowing streams, the Nant Bargod, Nant Esgair and Nant Brân, where their steep-sided ...
, a village in Carmarthenshire
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Felindre Farchog Article written by local residents
{{authority control Villages in Pembrokeshire