Baptismal font at Carmarthenshire - geograph

Llanwinio is a

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, villag ...

Carmarthenshire Carmarthenshire ( cy, Sir Gaerfyrddin; or informally ') is a county in the south-west of Wales. The three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford. Carmarthen is the county town and administrative centre. The county is known ...

, Wales, north of the hamlet of Gellywen. The population recorded at the 2011 census was 448. The 2011 census showed 46.0% of the population could speak

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...

, a fall from 62.3% in 2001. In 1844 Samuel Lewis's ''A Topographical Dictionary of Wales'' described Llanwinio as being divided into two sections – an Eastern Division and a Western Division, with a population of 1035: with a population of 422 in the Eastern and 613 in the Western Division. The community is bordered by the communities of Trelech, Meidrim, Llangynin and Llanboidy, all in Carmarthenshire, and by Crymych and Clydau, both in Pembrokeshire. Gellywen is home of Ainon Baptist Church, built in 1828 and re-built in 1880.

Notable people

Nathaniel Williams Nathaniel Williams (born 1656 or 1657 – c.1679) was a Welsh writer. Life Nathaniel Williams was the son of Thomas Williams, from Swansea in South Wales. He studied at the University of Oxford, matriculating as a member of Jesus College in ...

(born 1656 or 1657 – c.1679),

Baptist Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christianity, Christian believers only (believer's baptism), and doing so by complete Immersion baptism, immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe ...

minister, author and hymn-writer, was born in Llanwinio. * William Evans (bardic name Wil Ifan, 22 April 1883 – 16 July 1968), poet and bard, was born in Cwmbach, near Llanwinio. * Jonathan Reynolds (bardic name Nathan Dyfed), author, poet and father of

Llywarch Reynolds Llywarch Owain Reynolds (1843 – 12 March 1916) was a Welsh solicitor and Celtic scholar, who collected a large number of manuscripts that are now held by the National Library of Wales. Life Reynolds was the son of Jonathan Owain Reynolds, an ...

, was born in Llanwinio in April 1814.

References

External links

Website with information about the communityAinon Baptist Church
at churches-uk-ireland.org Communities in Carmarthenshire Villages in Carmarthenshire {{Carmarthenshire-geo-stub