Llanychaer
| Llanychaer | |
| Pembrokeshire | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SM9835 |
| Location: | 51°58’12"N, 4°56’24"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Fishguard |
| Postcode: | SA65 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Pembrokeshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Preseli Pembrokeshire |
Llanychaer is a small rural village and ancient parish in the Cemais Hundred of Pembrokeshire. It is two miles south-east of the port of Fishguard. Its name means 'church on the Aer', a tributary of the River Gwaun.
History
Early in the 19th century the population was 176 and only half the land in the parish was enclosed.[1] Later in the century, it was described as hilly, much of which was pasture, with the village consisting of a few farmhouses.[2]
Glandwr Baptist chapel in the village was built in 1894.[3] The Reverend Carl D Williams, a well-known preacher in Wales, had been the minister for 28 years (in all, a minister for 50 years) until his retirement in 2010.[4]
Features
There are two bridges crossing the Gwaun in the north of the parish: at Cilrhedyn and Llanychaer. A disused mill close to the latter is recorded at the end of the 19th century.[5]
Ecclesiastical parish
The parish is in the Diocese of St Davids, absorbed with two other parishes into the larger Parish of Fishguard of the Church in Wales.[6] Llanychaer (as Llanachaier) appears on a 1578 parish map of Pembrokeshire.[7] It is rural, with scattered settlements.[8]
The parish church of St David dates back at least to the 12th century with evidence of earlier use as a place of worship, possibly as early as the 6th century. The present church was completely rebuilt on earlier foundations about 1876.[9]
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Llanychaer) |
- ↑ "GENUKI: Llanychaer". https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/Llanychaer. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ↑ "The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland". https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/Llanychaer/LlanychaerGaz1868. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ↑ Site details (RCAHMW)
- ↑ "Hermon Chapel, Fishguard and Glandwr Chapel, Llanychaer, minister plans to step down from the pulpit". Western Telegraph. 30 May 2010. https://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/8192000.hermon-chapel-fishguard-and-glandwr-chapel-llanychaer-minister-plans-to-step-down-from-the-pulpit/. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ↑ "RCAHMW: Llanychaer". https://historicplacenames.rcahmw.gov.uk/placenames/headname/b3726611-eeef-4485-bb49-06b17386df6c. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ↑ "The Parish of Fishguard". https://parish.churchinwales.org.uk/d287/churches-en/st-davids-llanychaer/. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ↑ "Penbrok comitat". British Library. https://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/unvbrit/p/zoomify83390.html.
- ↑ "GENUKI Parish map 28". https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/Newport/ParishMap. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ↑ Site details (RCAHMW)