Cwrtnewydd, also spelled Cwrt-newydd or Cwrt Newydd, is a village in the community and parish of
Llanwenog
Llanwenog is a village and community in Ceredigion, Wales. In 2011 the population of Llanwenog was 1,364, of whom 57.0% were able to speak Welsh. The community includes the villages of Alltyblacca, Gorsgoch, Cwmsychbant, Cwrtnewydd, Highme ...
, towards the south of the county of
Ceredigion
Ceredigion (), historically Cardiganshire (, ), is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the West Wales, west of Wales. It borders Gwynedd across the River Dyfi, Dyfi estuary to the north, Powys to the east, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire t ...
, Wales.
Cwrtnewydd is on the B4338 road, north of the
A475, just to the west of the town of
Lampeter
Lampeter (; (formal); ''Llambed'' (colloquial)) is a town, community and electoral ward in Ceredigion, Wales, at the confluence of the Afon Dulas with the River Teifi. It is the third largest urban area in Ceredigion, after Aberystwyth and C ...
and to the northwest of
Llanybydder
Llanybydder (, formerly spelt ''Llanybyther'', is a market town and Community (Wales), community straddling the River Teifi in Carmarthenshire, West Wales. At the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census, the population of the community was 1638 ...
.
Notable people
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Abel Morgan
Abel Morgan (1673 – 16 December 1722) was a Welsh Baptist minister, best known for the posthumously published work ''Cyd-goriad Egwyddorawl o'r Scrythurau'' (English language, English: The Joint Principles of the Scriptures) the First Bible c ...
(1673–1722), Welsh Baptist minister, born in Cwrtnewydd
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David Bevan Jones (1807–1863), (AKA Dewi Elfed), Baptist minister in Cwrtnewydd, bard, and leading figure in the Latter Day Saint movement
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David Thomas (1828–1909), (AKA Dewi Hefin), poet and teacher, schoolmaster in Cwrtnewydd
* (1875–1964), poet and local historian, born in Cwrtnewydd
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Edgar Evans
Petty Officer Edgar Evans (7 March 1876 – 17 February 1912) was a Welsh Royal Navy petty officer and member of the "Polar Party" in Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated ''Terra Nova'' Expedition to the South Pole in 1911–1912. This grou ...
(1912–2007), operatic tenor, born in Cwrtnewydd
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Villages in Ceredigion
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