Llangybi, Cardiganshire

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Llangybi
Cardiganshire
Llangybi Parish Church.jpg
Llangybi Parish Church
Location
Grid reference: SN578478
Location: 52°9’33"N, 4°2’9"W
Data
Post town: Lampeter
Postcode: SA48
Dialling code: 01570
Local Government
Council: Ceredigion
Parliamentary
constituency:
Ceredigion

Llangybi is a village and parish in the south of Cardiganshire. It is located on the A485 road between Tregaron to the north and Lampeter to the south, a mile and a half north of the village of Betws Bledrws.

The River Dulas flows past the village and joins the River Teifi near Lampeter.

Llangybi is one of three villages in Wales named after Saint Cybi.[1] The local church is also dedicated to Saint Cybi, which currently lies within the deanery of Lampeter of the diocese of St David's, and was at one time in the alternate patronage of the Earl of Lisburne and Lord Carrington.

Llangybi railway station was located on the Carmarthen to Abserystwyth line, closing in February 1965.

Derry Ormond Tower

The Derry Ormond Tower is situated very prominently on a spur of hill between the two minor valleys of the Afon Denys and Nant Dyfel and overlooking the Dulas valley. It is said to have been built by local unemployed for the squire of Derry Ormond House. It is a grade II* structure but currently in poor condition with missing stairs. [2]

Notable residents

  • David Davis (Dafis Castellhywel), was born at Goetre farmhouse in 1745.

References

  1. T. D. Breverton, The Book of Welsh Saints (Cyhoeddiadau Glyndŵr, 2001), d.g. Cybi.
  2. "Derry Ormond Tower, Llangybi". British Listed Buildings. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-9820-derry-ormond-tower-llangybi. Retrieved 18 December 2013.