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'''Llanfair-ar-y-bryn''' is the name of a rural parish in [[Carmarthenshire]]. Covering an area of some 36½ square miles, it lies along and to the north-west and south-east of the A483 [[Swansea]] to [[Chester]] road immediately north of the town of [[Llandovery]].<ref>[http://goo.gl/maps/DNfeF Google map of Llanfair-ar-y-bryn]</ref> The name means "St Mary's on the hill". | '''Llanfair-ar-y-bryn''' is the name of a rural parish in [[Carmarthenshire]]. Covering an area of some 36½ square miles, it lies along and to the north-west and south-east of the A483 [[Swansea]] to [[Chester]] road immediately north of the town of [[Llandovery]].<ref>[http://goo.gl/maps/DNfeF Google map of Llanfair-ar-y-bryn]</ref> The name means "St Mary's on the hill". | ||
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==The old parish church== | ==The old parish church== | ||
[[Image:Llanfair-ar-y-Bryn Church.JPG|300px|thumb | [[Image:Llanfair-ar-y-Bryn Church.JPG|300px|thumb|The original parish church of Llanfair-ar-y-bryn]] | ||
The original St Mary's church stands a mile outside the parish on the north-eastern edge of Llandovery, on the site of the Roman auxiliary fort of Alabum.<ref>[http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/103828/details/ST+MARY%27S+CHURCH%2C+LLANFAIR+AR+Y+BRYN/ CBHC/RCAHMW: Coflein]</ref> William Williams Pantycelyn (1717-1791), generally acknowledged as one of Wales's greatest hymn writers, is buried in the churchyard there, having been a resident of the parish for much of his life. | The original St Mary's church stands a mile outside the parish on the north-eastern edge of Llandovery, on the site of the Roman auxiliary fort of Alabum.<ref>[http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/103828/details/ST+MARY%27S+CHURCH%2C+LLANFAIR+AR+Y+BRYN/ CBHC/RCAHMW: Coflein]</ref> William Williams Pantycelyn (1717-1791), generally acknowledged as one of Wales's greatest hymn writers, is buried in the churchyard there, having been a resident of the parish for much of his life. | ||
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==Outside links== | ==Outside links== | ||
*Location map: {{wmap|52.04334|-3.73808|zoom=13}} | |||
*http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/CMN/Llanfair-ar-y-Bryn/index.html | *http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/CMN/Llanfair-ar-y-Bryn/index.html | ||
*http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2056 | *http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2056 | ||
[[Category:Towns and villages in Carmarthenshire]] | [[Category:Towns and villages in Carmarthenshire]] | ||
Revision as of 11:29, 23 December 2018
Llanfair-ar-y-bryn is the name of a rural parish in Carmarthenshire. Covering an area of some 36½ square miles, it lies along and to the north-west and south-east of the A483 Swansea to Chester road immediately north of the town of Llandovery.[1] The name means "St Mary's on the hill".
Two peculiarities of Llanfair-ar-y-bryn are that:
- the parish contains no settlement of that name: in 1801 it comprised the hamlets of Rhandir Abbot, Rhandir Canol, Rhandir Isaf, and Rhandir Uchaf;[2] today the principal settlements are Cynghordy and Rhandir-mwyn
- the parish church was, until 1883, located one mile outside the parish itself, in Llandingad (Llandovery); in 1883 a new church (also called St Mary's) was opened at a more central location in Cynghordy.
The area is served by trains operated between Swansea and Shrewsbury via Llandrindod Wells. Cynghordy railway station is a request stop on the line from Llanelli to Craven Arms.
The old parish church
The original St Mary's church stands a mile outside the parish on the north-eastern edge of Llandovery, on the site of the Roman auxiliary fort of Alabum.[3] William Williams Pantycelyn (1717-1791), generally acknowledged as one of Wales's greatest hymn writers, is buried in the churchyard there, having been a resident of the parish for much of his life.