Nantmor is a

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...

which lies about 1½ miles to the south of the village of

Beddgelert Beddgelert () is a village and community (Wales), community in the Snowdonia area of Gwynedd, Wales. The population of the community taken at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census was 460 (rounded to the nearest 10). This includes Nan ...

Gwynedd Gwynedd () is a county in the north-west of Wales. It borders Anglesey across the Menai Strait to the north, Conwy, Denbighshire, and Powys to the east, Ceredigion over the Dyfi estuary to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The ci ...

, Wales. The current spelling of the name Nantmor is more modernmost old documents from the 16th to the 18th century record the name as Nanmor. It lies close to the scenic

Aberglaslyn Pass The Aberglaslyn Pass () is a narrow Canyon, gorge of considerable beauty in Snowdonia, Gwynedd, north Wales, north Wales. The A498 road/A4085 road follows a relatively level route along the Afon Glaslyn through the pass from Beddgelert to Prent ...

and the

Welsh Highland Railway The Welsh Highland Railway (WHR; ) is a restored Narrow-gauge railway, narrow-gauge heritage railway in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. It runs from Caernarfon to Porthmadog, and passes through a number of popular tourist destinations includi ...

. Nantmor station has re-opened, following a 2007 vote in its favour by local residents. A car park run by the

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is a popular starting point for walks up to Cwm Bychan or along the

Afon Glaslyn is a river in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. While not of great significance in terms of its length (about ), it is one of Gwynedd's primary rivers, and has greatly influenced the landscape in which it flows. It has its source in Glaslyn, a ci ...

. The village is the home of

Dafydd Nanmor Dafydd Nanmor (fl. 1450 – 1490) was a Welsh language poet born at Nanmor (or Nantmor), in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. He is one of the most significant poets of this period. It is said that he was exiled to south Wales for overstepping the mark ...

, a renowned 15th century

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(died c. 1490) who took his name from the hamlet, as did Rhys Nanmor after him. Dafydd Nanmor himself was possibly a bardic student of

Rhys Goch :''Distinguish from Rhys Goch ap Rhicert and Rhys Goch Glyndyfrdwy (fl. 1460)'' Rhys Goch Eryri (or Rhys ab Dafydd) (fl. 1385 – 1448), was a 15th-century bard who lived at Hafod Garegog, near Beddgelert in North Wales. He was acquainted with Da ...

, who lived at neighbouring Hafod Garegog. Filmed in Nantmor in 1957, the '' Inn of the Sixth Happiness'' is a 1958 British 20th Century Fox film based on the true story of

Gladys Aylward Gladys May Aylward (24 February 1902 – 3 January 1970) was a British-born evangelical Christian missionary to China, whose story was told in the book ''The Small Woman: The Heroic Story of Gladys Aylward'', by Alan Burgess, published in 19 ...

, a tenacious British maid, who became a missionary in China during the tumultuous years leading up to the

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. Carneddi, a nearby hill farm, was the home of Ruth Janette Ruck, who published a trilogy of books about her experiences in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, namely '' Place of Stones'', ''Hill Farm Story'' and ''Along Came a Llama''. In 1980 she featured in the HTV ''About Britain'' series in an episode called "The Lady and the Llama", which featured a year on the farm.

References

External links

Biography of Dafydd Nanmor

Capel Peniel Nantmor

www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Nantmor and surrounding area
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