Pont-rhyd-y-groes (also known as Pontrhydygroes, 'the bridge of the ford of the cross') is a village near Cwmystwyth and Devil's Bridge (Welsh: Pont ar Fynach), in Ceredigion, Wales. The village takes its name from the bridge (pont) and (earlier) ford (rhyd) over the River Ystwyth.

Pont-rhyd-y-groes
Pont-rhyd-y-groes, the bridge over the Ystwyth.
Pont-rhyd-y-groes is located in Ceredigion
Pont-rhyd-y-groes
Pont-rhyd-y-groes
Location within Ceredigion
OS grid referenceSN740727
• Cardiff90 mi (140 km)SE
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townYSTRAD MEURIG
Postcode districtSY25
Dialling code01974
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Ceredigion
52°20′17″N 3°50′57″W / 52.338163°N 3.849038°W / 52.338163; -3.849038

The area used to be dominated by the mining industry, in particular by the Lisburnes. The miners' bridge across the Ystwyth gorge and the waterfall have been rebuilt.

The remnants of the Fron Goch mines, which mined lead and zinc from ca. 1760 until ca. 1903, are situated approximately 1+34 miles (2+34 km) north of the village.[1]

Notable people

edit

References

edit
edit

  Media related to Pont-rhyd-y-groes at Wikimedia Commons