Bryncrug (), sometimes spelt Bryn-crug, is a village and

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, ...

in Gwynedd, Wales. Afon Fathew flows through the village and into the

River Dysynni , name_etymology = , image = Afon Dysynni & Morfa Gwyllt - geograph.org.uk - 194680.jpg , image_size = , image_caption = Dysynni estuary , map = , map_size = , map_caption ...

. The village is situated to the north east of the town of

Tywyn Tywyn (Welsh: ; in English often ), formerly spelled Towyn, is a town, community, and seaside resort on the Cardigan Bay coast of southern Gwynedd, Wales. It was previously in the historic county of Merionethshire. It is famous as the lo ...

, at the junction of the A493 and B4405 roads. Although the village is usually spelt ''Bryncrug'' in

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, the community name uses the

Welsh language Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). Historically, it has ...

version, ''Bryn-crug''. The population of the community taken at the 2011 census was 622. To the south west of the village stood

Ynysymaengwyn Ynysymaengwyn was a gentry house in the parish of Tywyn, Gwynedd (formerly Merioneth), situated near the left bank of the River Dysynni. The name means 'the white stone island'. Early history It was in the commote of Ystumanner or Ystum Anne ...

, a mansion built in 1758 but now demolished. To the south stood Cynfal motte-and-bailey castle, built in 1137 by

Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd (c. 1100 – 1172) was the third son of Gruffudd ap Cynan, King of Gwynedd, and brother of Owain Gwynedd. Appearance in history Cadwaladr first appears in the historical record in 1136, when following the killing of the l ...

, brother of

Owain Gwynedd Owain ap Gruffudd ( 23 or 28 November 1170) was King of Gwynedd, North Wales, from 1137 until his death in 1170, succeeding his father Gruffudd ap Cynan. He was called Owain the Great ( cy, Owain Fawr) and the first to be ...

. The poet David Richards (1751-1827), bardic name Dafydd Ionawr, was born at Glanyrafon near Bryncrug. Mary Jones, famous for walking to Bala at the age of sixteen to buy a

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, lived in the village when older, and was buried in the village after her death in 1864. The football club, Tywyn & Bryncrug FC (

: Clwb Pêl-droed Tywyn a Bryncrug), play their home matches in the village.

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Villages in Gwynedd Communities in Gwynedd {{Gwynedd-geo-stub