Pandy Tudur (

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) is a village in

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, in the north-west of

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. It lies 5 miles northeast of

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Origins of the name

The name was originally ''Pandybudr'', from the

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''pandy'' (' fulling mill') and ''budr'' ('dirty'). The meaning 'dirty fulling-mill' was considered unattractive and the adjective ''budr'' was replaced in

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times by the personal name '' Tudur'', thus giving ''Pandytudur'' (supposedly 'Tudur's fulling mill'). In its list of standardised Welsh place-names in Conwy County Borough, the

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recommends the use of ''Pandytudur'' in both English and Welsh. While

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has used "Pandy Tudur".

Language

At the time of the

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, 55.5% of the

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spoke the Welsh language. The highest percentage of speakers was within the 5-9 age group, where 71.1% could speak the language. Children in the village mostly attend a small Welsh-medium

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in the nearby village of

Llangernyw Llangernyw () is a rural, mostly Welsh-speaking, village and community in Conwy County Borough, North Wales. Overview At the 2011 census, the community had a population of 1,079 of whom 63.7 percent were Welsh speakers. The comparable figures ...

Facilities

The village has a chapel of the

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. Nearby lie the turbines of

Moel Maelogan Moel Maelogan ''(shown on Ordnance Survey, O.S. maps as 'Maelogen', and also sometimes spelled 'Moelogan' and 'Mælogan')'' is a hill (summit height 424m) on the western edge of Mynydd Hiraethog (also known as the Denbigh Moors) in north Wales, ...

wind farm.

References

External links

www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Pandy Tudur and surrounding area
Villages in Conwy County Borough {{Conwy-geo-stub