Llanrhystud () is a seaside village,

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and

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on the

A487 road The A487, officially the Fishguard to Bangor Trunk Road, is a trunk road in Wales that follows the coast from Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, in the south, to Bangor, Gwynedd, in the north. Route The road starts at a junction with the A40 in H ...

in the

county A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...

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 ...

, in Wales, 9 miles (14 km) south of

Aberystwyth Aberystwyth (; ) is a University town, university and seaside town and a community (Wales), community in Ceredigion, Wales. It is the largest town in Ceredigion and from Aberaeron, the county's other administrative centre. In 2021, the popula ...

, and 7 miles (11 km) north of

Aberaeron Aberaeron (), previously anglicised as Aberayron, is a town, community and electoral ward in Ceredigion, Wales. Located on the coast between Aberystwyth and Cardigan, its resident population was 1,274 in the 2021 census. The name of the town i ...

. It takes its name from an early Welsh saint. The community includes the village of Llanddeiniol. The ''

Cofiwch Dryweryn is a graffitied stone wall near Llanrhystud, Ceredigion, Wales. Author and journalist Meic Stephens originally painted the words onto the wall of a ruined cottage in the early 1960s after Liverpool City Council decided to start the Tryweryn fl ...

'' stone wall (meaning: "Remember Tryweryn") lies on the A487 a mile north of the village.

History

The village is named after the early Christian Welsh

Saint Rhystyd Rhystyd was a late 6th-century British saint reputed to be a grandson of Hywel the Great (Hywel fab Emyr Llydaw) and brother to Saint Cristiolus and Saint Silin. The village of Llanrhystud is named for the parish church which is dedicated to hi ...

, to whom the local

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(Anglican) church is dedicated. Rhystyd was among missionaries who arrived from Armorica in the 6th century. According to a leaflet in the Ceredigion Archives: The first mention of an

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is of Griffith Powell, who "on July 24th 1582 was a witness before the

Court Leet The court leet was a historical court baron (a type of manorial court) of England and Wales and Ireland that exercised the "view of frankpledge" and its attendant police jurisdiction, which was normally restricted to the hundred courts. Etymo ...

at Aberystwyth". The document adds that Powell had been "in 1544 appointed

priest-in-charge A priest in charge or priest-in-charge (previously also curate-in-charge) in the Church of England is a priest in charge of a parish who is not its incumbent; they will normally work on a short-term contract and have less freedom to act within the ...

of Llanrhystud at the yearly stipend of five pounds". A

castle A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by Military order (monastic society), military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private ...

once existed nearby.

Amenities

The village has a primary school, Ysgol Wirfoddol Myfenydd. It also has a memorial hall, which contains a memorial table to the local fallen in the two World Wars. The village lies on the

Ceredigion Coast Path The Ceredigion Coast Path () is a waymarked long distance footpath in the United Kingdom, on the coast of Ceredigion, Wales. It is in length, running along the coast of Cardigan Bay from Cardigan, Ceredigion, Cardigan to Ynyslas ...

, part of the

Wales Coast Path The Wales Coast Path () is a designated long-distance trail which follows, or runs close to, the coastline of Wales. Launched in 2012, the footpath is long and was heralded as the first dedicated coast path in the world to cover the entire len ...

. There is a

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, the Black Lion, which also serves meals. The village was once served by

Llanrhystyd Road railway station Llanrhystyd Road railway stationRCAHMW
Retrieved : 2012-09-25

, on the now dismantled Carmarthen–Aberystwyth line, nearly 7 miles (11.3 km) up the

at the larger village of

Llanfarian Llanfarian () is a village, Community (Wales), community and Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward in the county of Ceredigion, Mid-Wales, south of the administrative centre Aberystwyth. Llanfarian village lies abo ...

Population

The village had a population of 646 as of the 2011 census, and the wider community, 966. The electoral ward stretches beyond the confines of Llanrhystud to include the village of

Llangwyryfon Llangwyryfon is a village and Community (Wales), community in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. It lies on the B4576 about 8 miles to the south and east of Aberystwyth. The village lies in the valley of the Afon Wyre, River Wyre and contains the r ...

. It has a total population of 1,562.

Notable people

David Evans David, Dave, or Dai Evans may refer to: Academics * Sir David Emrys Evans (1891–1966), Welsh classicist and university principal * David Evans (microbiologist) (1909–1984), British microbiologist * David Stanley Evans (1916–2004), British a ...

(died 1910),

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St Asaph St Asaph (; "church on the Elwy") is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and community (Wales), community on the River Elwy in Denbighshire, Wales. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census the community had a population ...

David Edward Lewis David (Dafydd) Edward Lewis (7 March 1866 – 17 August 1941) was a Welsh-born businessman and philanthropist who emigrated to Australia and became well-known and successful there.T. A. Hazell,, ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volum ...

(1866–1941), businessman and philanthropist in Australia

Gallery

File:Cardigan Bay Beach scene - geograph.org.uk - 22421.jpg, Beach near Llanrhystud File:Ford at Llanrhystyd - geograph.org.uk - 42178.jpg, Ford over the

River Wyre The River Wyre, in Lancashire, England, flows into the Irish Sea at Fleetwood. It is 28 miles (45 km) long and has a sheltered estuary which penetrates deep into the Fylde peninsula. Etymology The name ''Wyre'' is of pre-Roman, likely, ...

(now closed) File:Black Lion, Llanrhystud.jpg, Black Lion pub File:Llanrhystud Village Hall - geograph.org.uk - 520675.jpg, Memorial Hall File:Eglwys Sant Rhystud, Llanrhystud, Ceredigion 03.JPG, The church of St Rhystud

External links

Llanrhystud Village InformationLlanrhystud – Ceredigion Historical SocietyLlanrhystud – Extract from "A Topographical Dictionary of Wales" by Samuel Lewis 1833

References

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