Llanwrtyd
Llanwrtyd | |
|---|---|
Parish | |
| Ecclesiastical Parish of Llanwrtyd | |
St David | |
| OS grid reference | SN862478 |
| Deposited registers | 1748-1991 |
Llanwrtyd is a small settlement in
Llanwrtyd was historically the centre of a much larger parish which included Llanwrtyd Wells. The name Llanwrtyd is shared with the ancient parish, and is also sometimes applied to Llanwrtyd Wells (particularly in Welsh). The current community includes Llanwrtyd Wells and Abergwesyn.
Origin of the name
The Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust (CPAT) survey suggests that the name Llanwrtyd is a combination of church ("llan") and a name "Gwrtud" or "Gwrtyd", ("Gwrtyd's Church"). The present dedication to
History
Llanwrtyd was an ancient parish, a
Theophilus Jones, in his A History of the County of Brecknock, was fairly disparaging of the parish; when describing the church he states "there is nothing deserving of notice in this miserable fabric, unless it be an inscription on the wall, to the memory of an old woman of the name of Jones."
In 1740 the curate in the parishes of Llanwrtyd, Llanfihangel Abergwesyn and Llanddewi Abergwesyn, was Wales' most famous hymn-writer William Williams Pantycelyn.[5]
The population in 1801 was about 500 which had risen to 854 by the 1901
The parish became a
References
- ^ a b "Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust" (PDF). Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ Morgan, Rev Thomas (1887). "Handbook of the Origin of Pace-names in Wales and Monmouthshire" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868), cited in GENUKI
- ^ "Church of St David". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ "Poetry by William Williams, Pantycelyn (NLW MS 77A)" at llgc.org.uk Archived 2012-05-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Llanwrtud AP/CP. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Llanwrtyd Wells CP. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
