Cemmaes

This article is about the village in Powys. For the village on Anglesey, see Cemaes.

Cemmaes Welsh: Cemaes
Cemmaes Location within Powys
OS grid reference	SH839061
Principal area	Powys
Preserved county	Powys
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MACHYNLLETH
Postcode district	SY20
Dialling code	01650
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Montgomeryshire
List of places UK Wales Powys 52°38′19″N3°43′05″W / 52.6387°N 3.7181°W / 52.6387; -3.7181

Cemmaes Methodist Church

Cemmaes (Welsh : Cemaes) is a village in northern Powys, Wales, in Glantwymyn community. Until 1987 it was a community itself. ^[1]

The population numbered 935 in 1841, this dropped sharply between 1881 and 1891 from 946 to 729. ^[2]

There was a railway station in the village on the Mawddwy Railway which connected to the main Cambrian Line at Cemmaes Road.

19th century author George Borrow recounted an amusing incident in the village's local pub in his 1862 travelogue Wild Wales. The passage was later reprinted in the book 'In the Country', in 1975.

References

1. https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/machynlleth.html
2. "Dyfi Valley Demographics". Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2025.

External links

• Photos of Cemmaes and surrounding area on geograph