Llidiardau is a small hamlet in

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, approximately 4 miles northwest of

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, on an unnamed road, 2.3 miles from

Arenig Fawr Arenig Fawr ( en, Great High Ground) is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales, close to Llyn Celyn reservoir, alongside the A4212 between Trawsfynydd and Bala. Location Arenig Fawr is the highest member of the Arenig range, with Arenig Fach ( en ...

and in the shadow of Mynydd Nodol. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 20.

Llidiardau Chapel

Llidiardau Chapel was built in 1811 by the

Calvinistic Methodists Calvinistic Methodists were born out of the 18th-century Welsh Methodist revival and survive as a body of Christians now forming the Presbyterian Church of Wales. Calvinistic Methodism became a major denomination in Wales, growing rapidly in the ...

and enlarged in 1831. In 1860 it was rebuilt into its present form, aside from modifications in 1900. It is a Grade II

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owing to its good state of preservation. Services are no longer held here, and are instead conducted at Talybont chapel, just over a mile and a half away in

Rhyd-uchaf Rhyd-uchaf is a hamlet in Gwynedd, Wales, approximately northwest of Bala and south of Frongoch (by footpath), on an unnamed road which provides access to Arenig Fawr. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 78. Talybont Chape ...

Governance

Llidiardau is within the electoral ward of Llandderfel and the parish of Llanycil.

References

Hamlets in Wales Populated places in Gwynedd {{Gwynedd-geo-stub