Llanwenog is a village and

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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 ...

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. 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, Highmead, Aber, Drefach and Rhuddlan. St Gwenog Church is a Grade I

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. A Medieval structure, it is the only church dedicated to St Gwenog. The tower was added after 1485 for

Rhys ap Thomas Sir Rhys ap Thomas (1449–1525) was a Welsh soldier and landholder who rose to prominence during the Wars of the Roses, and was instrumental in the victory of Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth. He remained a faithful supporter of Henry ...

(died 1525) of Dinefwr and Carew. The Llanwenog sheep is a breed of domestic sheep originating in Wales, which was developed in the 19th century.

Governance

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with the same name stretches beyond the confines of Llanwenog Community and had a total population at the 2011 census of 1,854.

Notable people

Evan James Williams Evan James Williams FRS (8 June 1903 – 29 September 1945) was a Welsh experimental physicist who worked in a number of fields with some of the most notable physicists of his day, including Patrick Blackett, Lawrence Bragg, Ernest Rutherford ...

(1903-1945), physicist, born in Cwmsychbant, attended Llanwenog Primary School.

References

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