Llanychaer

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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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