Glandwr, Pembrokeshire

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Glandwr Mill and bridge over the River Gafel
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Glandwr
Location within Pembrokeshire
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Post town Whitland
Postcode district SA34
Dialling code 01239
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Pembrokeshire
51°55′30″N4°38′06″W / 51.925°N 4.635°W / 51.925; -4.635 Coordinates: 51°55′30″N4°38′06″W / 51.925°N 4.635°W / 51.925; -4.635

Glandwr is a small rural village in the parish of Llanfyrnach and the community of Crymych, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The village appears on a pre-1850 parish map as Glan-dwr. It is linked by unclassified roads to adjacent settlements and to the A478 road. [1]

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Glandwr sits on the River Gafel, which joins the River Taf to the southeast, [2] and is the location of Lammas Ecovillage. [3]

Chapel

Glandwr has had an independent chapel (Capel Glandwr) since 1712, [4] [5] rebuilt or restored several times since. [6] The current chapel is a Grade II listed building. [7] [8] The National Library of Wales holds historical information relating to the chapel. [9]

Mill

The village had a woollen mill at least as early as 1650. [10]

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References

  1. "GENUKI: Llanfyrnach ParishMap (14)" . Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  2. Ordnance Survey
  3. "Pembrokeshire County Council: Visit Pembrokeshire" . Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  4. "GENUKI: Llanfyrnach" . Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  5. "GENUKI: Glandwr Independent Chapel And Sunday School, Glandwr" . Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  6. "Coflein: Glandwr Welsh Independent Chapel" . Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  7. "British Listed Buildings: Glandwr Chapel" . Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  8. Cadw. "Glandwr Chapel (Grade II) (22759)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  9. "National Library of Wales: Capel Glandwr" . Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  10. Lloyd, Thomas; Orbach, Julian; Scourfield, Robert (2004). Pembrokeshire: The Buildings of Wales (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales) (First ed.). New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. p. 92. ISBN   978-0-300-10178-2.