Llanychaer (English: church on the Aer, a tributary of the
River Gwaun) is a small rural village and
parish
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in the
community
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of
Cwm Gwaun, north
Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire ( ; ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and otherwise by the sea. Haverfordwest is the largest town and ...
, Wales. It is southeast of the port of
Fishguard.
History
Llanychaer was in the ancient
hundred
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In mathematics
100 is the square of 10 (number), 10 (in scientific notation it is written as 102). The standar ...
of
Cemais. Early in the 19th century the population was 176 and only half the land in the parish was
enclosed.
Later in the century, it was described as hilly, much of which was pasture, with the village consisting of a few farmhouses.
Glandwr Baptist chapel in the village was built in 1894. The Reverend Carl D Williams, a well-known preacher in Wales, had been the minister for 28 years (in all, a minister for 50 years) until his retirement in 2010.
Features
There are two bridges crossing the Gwaun in the north of the parish: at Cilrhedyn and Llanychaer. A disused mill close to the latter is recorded at the end of the 19th century.
Parish
The parish is in the
Diocese of St Davids, absorbed with two other parishes into the larger Parish of Fishguard of the
Church in Wales. Llanychaer (as ''Llanachaier'') appears on a 1578 parish map of Pembrokeshire.
It is rural, with scattered settlements.
The parish church of St David dates back at least to the 12th century with evidence of earlier use as a place of worship, possibly as early as the 6th century. The present church was completely rebuilt on earlier foundations about 1876.
References
Further reading
An old register book of Llanychaer Parish Church, Fishguard Rural Deanery, PembrokeshirePeasant crofts in North Pembrokeshire (1937 survey)
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Villages in Pembrokeshire