Llandygwydd is a small settlement in Ceredigion, west Wales, between Newcastle Emlyn and the town of Cardigan.
Llandygwydd | |
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Foundations of the church of Saint Tygwydd | |
Location within Ceredigion | |
OS grid reference | SN241437 |
Principal area | |
Preserved county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Cardigan |
Postcode district | SA43 |
Dialling code | 01239 |
Police | Dyfed-Powys |
Fire | Mid and West Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Amenities and history
editA small stream runs through the village. There also is a parish church with a small graveyard.
It has no commercial buildings. The post office closed in 2001. The village hall is mostly used as a polling station by the local people. The village also has its own short mat bowling club, which meets at the village hall.
Notable people
edit- The cleric Theophilus Evans of Pen-y-wenallt was christened here in 1693.[1]
- Morgan Jones (1829–1905), first-class cricketer and High Sheriff of Cardiganshire
References
edit- ^ Theophilus Evans, Welsh Biography Onlive, retrieved 26 September 2013
External links
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