Cynwyl Gaeo

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St Cynwyl's parish church St. Cynwyls parish church, Caio Caeo, Carms. (geograph 3076365).jpg
St Cynwyl's parish church

Cynwyl Gaeo is a parish and community located in rural Carmarthenshire, Wales, near the boundary with Ceredigion, in the upper Cothi valley about halfway between Lampeter and Llandovery. The population of the village[ which? ] at the United Kingdom Census 2011 was 940. [1] It includes the villages of Caio (Caeo), Crug-y-bar, Cwrtycadno, Ffarmers and Pumsaint.

Historically it was part of the commote of Caeo, which in turn was part of Y Cantref Mawr ("The Great Hundred"), a division of Ystrad Tywi.

It is the location of the Dolaucothi Gold Mines, part of Dolaucothi Estate, whose owner, John Johnes, was murdered by his butler in 1876. The mansion house was demolished in 1952.

The parish church of St Cynwyl in the village of Caeo is a Grade II* listed building. [2]

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches south to Llansawel. The total population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 1,613. [3]

The community is bordered by the communities of: Cilycwm; Llanwrda; Llansadwrn; Talley; Llansawel; Pencarreg; and Llanycrwys, all being in Carmarthenshire; and by Llanfair Clydogau and Llanddewi Brefi in Ceredigion.

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References

  1. "Community population 2011". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  2. "Parish Church of St Cynwyl, Caeo, Cynwyl Gaeo". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  3. "Ward population 2011". Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.

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