Hermon, Pembrokeshire
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Hermon () is a small rural village in the
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of
Llanfyrnach Llanfyrnach () is a village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The village is in the electoral ward and community (Wales), community of Crymych. The village of Crymych and the hamlets of Hermon, Pembrokeshire, Hermon, Glandwr, Pembrokeshire, G ...
and the
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of
Crymych Crymych () is a village of around 800 inhabitants and a Community (Wales), community (population 1,739) in the northeast of Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated approximately above sea level at the eastern end of the Preseli Hills, Preseli Mount ...
,
Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire ( ; ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and otherwise by the sea. Haverfordwest is the largest town and ...
, Wales, about southeast of Crymych.


History

A pre-1850 parish map shows an inn in the village, ''The Lamb Inn'' which, according to
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, is now (2018) closed.


Chapel

There are two chapels in the village. Hermon Baptist Chapel was built in 1808 and subsequently rebuilt the same century. Brynmyrnach Welsh Independent Chapel was built in 1888.


Community Centre

When Hermon School closed in 2006, it was bought by the community, extended and converted into a Community Resource Centre (''Canolfan Hermon''), which was completed in 2013. The 53 pupils of the school transferred to Ysgol-y-Frenni Community Primary School in Crymych.


References


External links


Hermon Community Resource Centre
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